I wanted to make my Nexus COMPLETELY white, so I did it. If you're interested links to the skin are located below, and a white case can easily be bought on-line for a buck er 2. I decided to keep a change log of my impatient behaviour below, if you don't want to read it keep scrolling down a few posts for a review and pics.
Hiyas peoples ! I ordered a Decal girl solid white skin (http://www.decalgirl.com/item.view/76202) and a white silicone case. These coupled with my white Telus Nexus S (http://htc-phones.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ATT-White-Nexus-S-3G-Android-Phone-1.jpg) will actually make a full white nexus s !
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***** EDIT(Jan 17th):
The skin was shipped today and the case was shipped yesterday.
The skin is expected to arrive in 5-17 business days (I believe Jan 24th - Feb 10th unless my math fails)
The case is expected to arrive from Jan 24th - Feb 1st.
I will post the pics when both have arrived! Frequently check around those days to keep updated on the status . Thank you, bye.
***** EDIT 2(Jan 19th):
Right so I went and checked where they were being shipped from. The skin is being shipped from Delaware and the case is being shipped from Columbus OH.
Both are very close to my location. So close in fact that I could walk from where I am to where they are located, and make it there before the minimum time that the shipment is suppose to arrive.
I'm assuming the items will arrive very early. Perhaps on the earliest day of arrival. It's wishful thinking! Anyway peace, update again when I find relevant information. I have not forgotten to post pics as soon as shipment arrives
***** EDIT 3 (Jan 23rd):
Still nothing yet. Hoping something comes in tomorrow... Next update will be posted when something arrives.
***** Edit (Jan 26th):
The case has arrived!!! An 11 day wait wasn't so bad. I'll post a little review of the case and some pics of it later on. I'm waiting for the skin to arrive before I post pictures and what not. Hopefully I get the skin tomorrow or I'll have to wait until at least Monday :-\. Bye for now
***** Edit (Jan 27th):
... The skin did not arrive today. Hoping it will be here Monday
***** Edit (Jan 28th):
I am becoming impatient . I know you guys are too. If this skin is not here by Monday I will die. As soon as it arrives, I am getting a camera and taking those pics. I don't like waiting so I won't make you guys wait for that. I feel like posting pictures of the case now... I will update again on Monday to express my joy or anger, see you later. (And wow I've gotten over 1k views O.O)
On a last note, I think I am going to leave my "changelog" here. So people of can have future reference to my wait time, and my frustration . I'll probably edited it a little bit, but I will leave it here. The pictures and review will be in the other post I made (3 down from this).
***** Edit (Jan 30th):
Hey guys guess what came today ? Will update pics in a few minutes. 13 day wait not so bad . Scroll down for a review and pics!
Which white case are you purchasing? I'm tempted to try out this setup as well
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this seems interesting,wonder how hard the decal is to put on ?
moneybag said:
Which white case are you purchasing? I'm tempted to try out this setup as well
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A cheap one, but they (white plain silicone cases) all pretty much look the same lol. I'm getting one that looks identical to this
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0Z9FFFP1X2FT91ZKQ41D)
In about a week you'll be able to see what it looks like
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this seems interesting,wonder how hard the decal is to put on ?
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I had a decal skin when I had an iPhone. Installation was incredibly easy, the cutouts weren't that great though. I hear they are better with that stuff now. When I post pics I'll give a tiny written review of the installation if you'd like?
It's finally done . My Nexus is white now ! Okay so for some reviews let's start with the case first...
The case. Pretty big on my phone, I like it. It almost looks like a marshmallow . The cut outs are really nice (and it was only $2!). The bottom of the case exposes a little bit of the phone, aside from that it hugs the phone amazingly well. Noticed a little of a bump near the volume rockers at first, after you stretch the case out it goes away (about 2 days). When the phone is face-down it's nice to know there is a gap between the surface and the phone thanks to the case. I feel like I could drop the phone under "normal" conditions and it would make it out perfectly fine. Overall I give the case 7/10, the revealed bottom irritates me.
Next the skin... Installation was difficult IMO. I'm usually steady with my hands, although I was very impatient so that could be the problem. The cut outs weren't perfect (again I may have stretched out the skin) so the sides I couldn't perfectly align all the edges. When I was putting on the sides there was a lot of space... the skin folded into itself. I ended up cutting it and overlapping the two pieces (you can only see one overlap in the photos). It kind of bothers me but I can deal with it. They're covered up by my case any ways and now the edges are aligned better. There is a cut out on the menu buttons which looks nice when the phone is on, not so nice when it's off. Overall I give it an 8/10. The fact that I had to cut the case to make it fit properly is stupid. OF COARSE the skin was made for the 19020T and I have the 19020A SO that could also be a huge contribution to the dimensions gone wrong. It gets that 8 for nice white feel it gave my phone, I REALLY like it. I could play games and not be irritated by the skin or anything.
If I change my mind on anything or want to make a better review (I probably will cause I'm OCD with this stuff and I realize my review wasn't that amazing), the changes will be above. May want to check in a few weeks for a new review. ALRIGHT so the long awaited pictures.... Here we go !
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Here's the White Decal Girl skin.....
I must say, it looks VERY nice on my Nexus! I've been asked a few times already what phone do I have. . Fast shipping and I believe you can even get a free replacement if you mess it up trying to put it on which you would have to be brain dead to do because you can take it off easily to realign should you need to. Once it's set in a day or two it becomes solid and very, very nice looking!
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I must say, it looks VERY nice on my Nexus! I've been asked a few times already what phone do I have. . Fast shipping and I believe you can even get a free replacement if you mess it up trying to put it on which you would have to be brain dead to do because you can take it off easily to realign should you need to. Once it's set in a day or two it becomes solid and very, very nice looking!
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The menu buttons look kind of annoying to me lol. I hope they don't actually turn out like that :S. Also I have the white telus nexus so when I put the skin on it will actually be fully white I'm excited to see how that turns out. That aside, the white is very nice! I can live with the menu buttons. Thanks for posting~!
That looks great. Ordering now.
309041291a said:
The menu buttons look kind of annoying to me lol. I hope they don't actually turn out like that :S. Also I have the white telus nexus so when I put the skin on it will actually be fully white I'm excited to see how that turns out. That aside, the white is very nice! I can live with the menu buttons. Thanks for posting~!
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No prob. Actually the menu buttons is one of the things I like most! It makes the soft keys look kinda 3D. White on white should look super hot! Can't wait till you post the pics! Not too thrilled with the silicone cover. Makes it look much bigger than the phone really is.
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No prob. Actually the menu buttons is one of the things I like most! It makes the soft keys look kinda 3D. White on white should look super hot! Can't wait till you post the pics! Not too thrilled with the silicone cover. Makes it look much bigger than the phone really is.
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Really? Well now I'm a little more excited for it ! haha neither can I! Don't worry I'll be posting pics with the case on and off . I will like the case because my nexus had an unexpected meeting with pavement... and the side is a little chipped. The one time I didn't have a case on too lol
Looking forward to seeing this
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Nexus S - CyberGR Hybrid ICS (5), Matrix Kernel (15)
Holy crap I really want this
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solesonfire said:
Holy crap I really want this
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XD. For under $15 it can be yours! I've been using it now for a few days. And honestly any "imperfection" I made with installing the skin is NOT noticeable under the case. Finally my phone is white
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XD. For under $15 it can be yours! I've been using it now for a few days. And honestly any "imperfection" I made with installing the skin is NOT noticeable under the case. Finally my phone is white
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Ordered it ;-)
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Ordered it ;-)
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You won't regret it
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
Kangy - Haka (11)
Eugene's Kernel (Speedy 7)
OC 1100/100 (lagfree)
309041291a said:
You won't regret it
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
Kangy - Haka (11)
Eugene's Kernel (Speedy 7)
OC 1100/100 (lagfree)
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Which are u talking about?
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tony1208 said:
Which are u talking about?
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I'm talking about the white skin. The white case looks nice with it too though.
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
CyberGR Hybrid ICS (v6)
Eugene's Kernel (Speedy-7)
OC 1100/100 (ondemandx)
nice, I like Decalgirl skins. they are cheap, good quality, easy to install. I have one to protect my XBOX 360, my Kindle and my phone !
Also, they don't leave any glue residue when you pull them off
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I see that nobody has made a Super Mario theme for the Epic. Lately I have been messing around and trying to learn how to theme and decided I would try to make a Super Mario theme. I havent done much and I have made a few icons for the status bar and what not. (as you can see I am using the honeycomb fusion theme and just changing icons here and there until it completely transforms into a completely new theme)
Here are some screen shots...
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I know the time on the lock screen is messed up (I will be changing that tonight) and the status bar I am either considering making the clock text and the battery text black.. or maybe changing the color of the entire status bar... since its hard to see the battery text..
I am mainly making this for me and to get more experience with themes... So I am also wondering... would anyone else like to use this theme? Should I continue developing it?
What does everyone think?
looks sweet! one request I would have is to have the notif. icons a little more cleaned and polished up.
Nice! Keep up the good work...
I'm trying to learn to Theme, too I hopes of making a Simpsons Theme...I've been swiping icons from Hit and Run PC game in hopes of using them...I've been reading the threads and looking youtube videos...I welcome any input and suggestions.
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omair2005 said:
looks sweet! one request I would have is to have the notif. icons a little more cleaned and polished up.
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I will work on cleaning them up.. right now my main focus is to get the general layout and look of everything.. but yeah.. they will be touched up.. thanks for the input
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usagi111 said:
Nice! Keep up the good work...
I'm trying to learn to Theme, too I hopes of making a Simpsons Theme...I've been swiping icons from Hit and Run PC game in hopes of using them...I've been reading the threads and looking youtube videos...I welcome any input and suggestions.
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Thank you for the input as well.. show me some pics of urs and ill try to give suggestions..
I am also welcome to suggestions still a lot of icons left!!
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This is just on the edge of awesome, OP. The notification bar needs a little work, but otherwise, very cool. Would love to have this on the EC05 framework-res, so it's compatible with SRF1.1.0.
I think this is looking very awesome. Hope you keep going with it.
Dear OP,
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P.S. Keep up the great work.
This is cool and look forward to it up and running fully on bonsai 4.0.0
Very nice work!!!
This will definitely be awesome. Have you made a flashable zip yet?
I'd definitely use it. I already have my notification sound as mario jump sound. This would be so awesome.
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Dear OP,
I love you.
Love,
DevinXtreme
P.S. Keep up the great work.
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LOL!!
This theme is awesome. I would be all over it.
Agreed with many that this reeks of total awesomeness. It definitly needs some work/polish, but for saying it is your first theme, you are coming along very nicely! Everyones first project needs some polishing work Regardless, I agree with the others that the notification bar needs some work. I would definitly encourage you to keep developing this theme though, and when I get some spare time I'd even be willing to give you a hand on certain things. Great job so far man keep up the good work!
Also, IMHO if it were my theme, I would make a koopa shell battery icon, like a top down view. The current battery is just too hard to see. Just have the %age number inside the shell. Blue/Green/Yellow/Red colors change for battery levels. I think that'd be a neat idea.
Also, maybe if you used the SMB1 Lvl 2 (The first dungeon stage) Brick texture across the notification bar, that might make all the other things and the clock more readable, since it's a nice Dark Blue/greyish color. Again not trying to tell you what to do, just saying what I would modify myself If I decided to use it Other cool ideas incoming after my brain generates on this at work some haha.
OperationMove said:
Agreed with many that this reeks of total awesomeness. It definitly needs some work/polish, but for saying it is your first theme, you are coming along very nicely! Everyones first project needs some polishing work Regardless, I agree with the others that the notification bar needs some work. I would definitly encourage you to keep developing this theme though, and when I get some spare time I'd even be willing to give you a hand on certain things. Great job so far man keep up the good work!
Also, IMHO if it were my theme, I would make a koopa shell battery icon, like a top down view. The current battery is just too hard to see. Just have the %age number inside the shell. Blue/Green/Yellow/Red colors change for battery levels. I think that'd be a neat idea.
Also, maybe if you used the SMB1 Lvl 2 (The first dungeon stage) Brick texture across the notification bar, that might make all the other things and the clock more readable, since it's a nice Dark Blue/greyish color. Again not trying to tell you what to do, just saying what I would modify myself If I decided to use it Other cool ideas incoming after my brain generates on this at work some haha.
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whoa thanks man.. i appreciate the ideas.. ill get working on different versions of the battery icon... but i dont want to keep getting caught up in revising things or making different versions of something (like the battery meter)..i polished it up last night and it took quite some time (since there are around 202 images for it (including the charging icons))..
ill definitely try that texture for the notification bar... i was wanting to keep it looking like the 'status bar' for SMB3... at first i tried the light blue color and it turned out horrible..you could read anything really... then i tried the secondary color (the beige that you see) and obviously you can read stuff..just not that clearly (the battery icon)... SMB3 was revised and had updated graphics in the Super Mario All Stars game, and the status bar was changed to a darker hue of blue... which i could try to use and it should make the text more readable..
i do want to try to keep it looking like the status bar because thats where all your information was in the game...
i am definitely open for ideas...im still kicking around ideas in my head for the wifi signal icon and the 3g...i have ideas for the 3g symbol...just need to put it in photoshop and do the work... but for the wifi... yeah...i dunno about that one yet lol..
if anyone knows what the image name of the 'call lock message notification surrounding box' is, that would be great (its the box that surrounds the mail icon on your lock screen (where you drag down to view the message))
I was trying to find it last night but gave up lol
again..suggestions are greatly appreciated... if you have any ideas/thoughts about the status bar icons, just drop me a line and ill take a look at it.. im going to really try not to get caught up in revising the same icons over and over again and not doing anything else to the theme.
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This will definitely be awesome. Have you made a flashable zip yet?
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I do have a flashable zip that you can flash with CW3..but its just a rough one... i mainly took the honeycomb fusion flashable zip, put my icons in it, and renamed it to a different name.
This looks really good. I love the stars and the notification really doesn't look that bad. I like the coins and the number next to them. The shells are a cool idea but I think may be better for wifi or signal strength. I think black text in that notification bar would be better than changing the color of it as well. I would certainly look forward to trying this out once your comfortable with how it looks. Keep up the great work!
Can you make one with just the starite stars
I like your theme but I don't like change
I'm sticking with stock theme plus starite stars if possible
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gtuansdiamm said:
Can you make one with just the starite stars
I like your theme but I don't like change
I'm sticking with stock theme plus starite stars if possible
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you mean starbits?
Awsome!
morbiddevil82,
This is really cool. I'm not even that big into SMB or putting themes my phone, But I would kick the tires on this... kick them real hard.
As for Ideas they are endless, put the best ones that came to mind would be to change the beautiful widget weather icons. Change the sun over to the Angry Dessert Sun. The clouds into the clouds in the background of SMB 1. When its raining it could be that guy that drops the spike balls that crawl around. The moon could be a ghost.
I like the Battery icon as the coin counter.
Still working on this.. have been very busy with other things this week... I'm kicking around ideas and stuff for the dialer and trying hard not to screw up the dialertabactivity.apk lol. Ill post a pic soon of the dialer, when I get back to a computer
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I searched the forums and did not find anything for the nexus s.
I was wondering if you guys have heard or tried Decalgirl skins?
http://www.decalgirl.com/category.view/Samsung-Google-Nexus-S-Skins
I'm tempted to try out the white skin, since I would like a white Nexus S. There are a lot of choices to choose from though.
woah, they look pretty cool! I wonder if they're available in Italy! I'll try to get one of those
looks quite nice!
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I searched the forums and did not find anything for the nexus s.
I was wondering if you guys have heard or tried Decalgirl skins?
http://www.decalgirl.com/category.view/Samsung-Google-Nexus-S-Skins
I'm tempted to try out the white skin, since I would like a white Nexus S. There are a lot of choices to choose from though.
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I am also tempted to try it. However the black menu buttons would irritate me........ If you get it post a pic man. You can also try Gelaskins and make a custom wallpaper. You can make it fully white (without the menu buttons too) in theory. That's what I want to do. If I do I'll post a pic of that. I have my menu buttons backlights off anyways lol. I'm worried the sides of the front screen will remain black... That would piss me off so much LOL. Right well tell me how it goes.
I just ordered my white skin, I'll post pictures when I receive and install the skin.
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I just ordered my white skin, I'll post pictures when I receive and install the skin.
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Please do
I've already posted pics in my thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447778). It looks nice overall
I absolutely love the work these guys do - amazing. I emailed them today about making some product for the Nexus 7. They responded with a simple, "If we get at least 10 email requests, we will support the device."
Start emailing!
What is this??
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What is this??
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They make skins, primarily for Apple products. Carbon fiber, things like that.
Not to be sexually biased in anyway, decalgirl.com already makes skins, and yes they have CF too, but I think is just an image no texture
http://www.decalgirl.com/skins/Google-Nexus-7-Tablet-Skins
And Skinomi makes skins too (including CF) I had their CF back on my Viewsonic Gtab and I have to say is the closest thing to CF textures.
http://www.skinomi.com/googlenexus7.html
I am waiting for this company to produce one http://www.uniqueskins.com/ they have stock images or let you make your own.
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I am waiting for this company to produce one http://www.uniqueskins.com/ they have stock images or let you make your own.
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Regardless of your preference - a quick email isn't asking too much!
Emailing them now! Thanks for the into!
EDIT: There is also a site called skin it http://www.skinit.com
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i have decal girl skin on my a500.. awesome and yes its smooth. not sure if she does textured ones or not mine is quite old..
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Regardless of your preference - a quick email isn't asking too much!
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I did, when I was on the site looking at their product. more choices are always better, cause who knows how long it will take unique skins to add the nexus.
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erica_renee said:
i have decal girl skin on my a500.. awesome and yes its smooth. not sure if she does textured ones or not mine is quite old..
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oh wow, those are really nice art.
question to everyone: how well does these "skin" sticks to N7's curved and rubbery back???
stickerboy
Breezer23 said:
I absolutely love the work these guys do - amazing. I emailed them today about making some product for the Nexus 7. They responded with a simple, "If we get at least 10 email requests, we will support the device."
Start emailing!
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i love them !! check out my iPhone5S skin :good:
teal and white antibacterial matte series.
I used promo code Kitty to get 5% off my order
I'm wondering if anyone have stumbled upon anything like this?
Since removing the anti shatter film on the front, I've been thinking of making it completely brandless.
It would be awesome with a layer to put on the back so as to conceal the xperia logo.
I do not however want to add any bulk to the device.
So to make this clear, I'm not looking for a case here.
I don't need that.
I am hyper careful with all my devices, it only rests in a soft pocket or on a cushiony surface.
I'm going to have to think of something custom to put on the bottom aswell.
Could live without the "made in china"
Anyone seen this for the z?
(Also: What's up with this! - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Xperia-Waterproof-Carry-Armband/dp/B00B27RJTK/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url
Who in their right minds would buy this? :silly
Ended up ordering this today
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1PFAJKTSC3C8V
@FoliX FX-Mirror screen-protector
Will post pics once applied..
Got two packages yesterday
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here with the front one on:
Now before anyone shoots me down, let me say this.
I was really only looking for a mirror type back protector, and @tfolix were the only ones I could find that had them. (This will change pretty soon I guess)
The package came with two protectors for the back (one with a cutout for the nfc sticker, and one without), and one for the front.
Became semi disappointed with how the back was almost transparant, subjected to any good or bad lightsource (yeah I know, why didn't I buy the black Z)
I had to test the front.
I knew it would not look good, in the sence of colors and swallowing brightness.
The back does look more glossy, and looks like the front when light is sparse.
benziii said:
Became semi disappointed with how the back was almost transparant, subjected to any good or bad lightsource (yeah I know, why didn't I buy the black Z)
I had to test the front.
I knew it would not look good, in the sence of colors and swallowing brightness.
The back does look more glossy, and looks like the front when light is sparse.
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Any picture of the back?
How does the screen (front) look in real life when it's on? No color wash-out?
What about this for the back? http://www.spigen.com/cell-phone/other/sony-ericsson/sony-xperia-z-skin-guard.html
Edit: just found this too: http://dx-box.com/sony-accessories/xperia-z/xperia-z-skin-sticker.html
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Any picture of the back?
How does the screen (front) look in real life when it's on? No color wash-out?
What about this for the back? http://www.spigen.com/cell-phone/other/sony-ericsson/sony-xperia-z-skin-guard.html
Edit: just found this too: http://dx-box.com/sony-accessories/xperia-z/xperia-z-skin-sticker.html
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It's really hard to take a picture which represent real life.
Since it's so reflecting, every shot is different.
It only becomes like the front at nighttime.
This will most likely not be an issue with the black one, maybe even purple.
I recommend this to no one!!!!!
-It eats maybe about 15% of the brightness
-A mirror out in the sun, you do the math
-Screen gets as you can see in the pics, pinkish/greenish hues (hard to explain as I can easily see it's not colors outputted from the screen.
This changes with viewing angles. Just check youtube vids for mirror protectors.
Viewing angles also becomes much worse.
And yet... I'm not taking it off just yet
-The feel is better than the anti shatter film and the glass by itself.
-It looks so daaamn sexy
-The "oily" colors are mesmerizing (this is VERY subjective)
-These days I'm testing battery usage, and use 10% brightness when inside.
I don't need to squint or strain my eyes to see anything, even in well lit rooms. (I swear!)
This is but of course not even near the truth when outside. (I manage fine though when switching to auto)
I NEED A CAT SCAN!
In other news....
Thanks to you i started searching for "stickers" and quickly came over something that's definitely gonna ruin my weekend:
https://www.intoroskins.co.uk/buy-case/custom-skin-for-sony-xperia/65044/
Gonna end up ploughing through billions of pictures I'm afraid
This is the second time I'm saying this, but I dont think i I'm gonna use anything for the front.
It comes with both front and back.
I want to have a flush surface. Will most likely be annoying to feel the sticker everytime I slide in and out of the screen.
Will still customize them just in case.
Going to get two three sets, and will post them on here when they arrive.
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Please share your wallpaper. Sorry for an offtopic post.
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Please share your wallpaper. Sorry for an offtopic post.
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...tals_sticks_pestle_mortar_31412_3200x2000.jpg
Took a cutout from this one
Xperia Z in silver... not that looks nice!
Down to the verdict:
- Material is good stuff (3M Vinyl)
- The pictures were high resolution, and came out very detailed
- The Fallout and TRON back pieces became darker then anticipated (Weird, on the fallout one, the black part was supposed to be red!?!?)
- An absolute pain to put on! Incredibly hard to align as there were no way of adjusting while applying. It just stuck like crazy (Even though it came with the typical instructions of applying withouth pressure so to then adjust it afterwards)
Because of this, I managed to stretch the front one a little after trying for a good ten minutes of fiddeling with it.
End result: ripping it to shreds in unmatched rage
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Down to the verdict:
- Material is good stuff (3M Vinyl)
- The pictures were high resolution, and came out very detailed
- The Fallout and TRON back pieces became darker then anticipated (Weird, on the fallout one, the black part was supposed to be red!?!?)
- An absolute pain to put on! Incredibly hard to align as there were no way of adjusting while applying. It just stuck like crazy (Even though it came with the typical instructions of applying withouth pressure so to then adjust it afterwards)
Because of this, I managed to stretch the front one a little after trying for a good ten minutes of fiddeling with it.
End result: ripping it to shreds in unmatched rage
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You got rid of it? Why? It looks good & unique, I can't even see anything wrong with the placement
Good way to make the front of the screen white though (if you have the white phone of course)!
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You got rid of it? Why? It looks good & unique, I can't even see anything wrong with the placement
Good way to make the front of the screen white though (if you have the white phone of course)!
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I'm not sure I understand you right. What do you mean by "make the front of the screen white"?
The one I ruined was the front "hazard" type skin.
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I'm not sure I understand you right. What do you mean by "make the front of the screen white"?
The one I ruined was the front "hazard" type skin.
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As in the white phone isn't white all over the front bezel, so the sticker would make it look like the ZL
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As in the white phone isn't white all over the front bezel, so the sticker would make it look like the ZL
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Well I can't see how, as I did not make a white skin altogether.
However, I think I saw just what you were talking about in one of the main accessory threads
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Well I can't see how, as I did not make a white skin altogether.
However, I think I saw just what you were talking about in one of the main accessory threads
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I mean it is possible just to create an all white cutout for the front to appear like the ZL, not you personally.
Hope that makes sense!
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I mean it is possible just to create an all white cutout for the front to appear like the ZL, not you personally.
Hope that makes sense!
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I got you
You just were a tiny bit unclear, so the narcissist in me flung into action:silly:
where i can found lockscreen like your? Sorry for an offtopic post
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where i can found lockscreen like your? Sorry for an offtopic post
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I hate lockscreens!
That, my good sir, is a homescreen. I had it for a couple of days before i started doing some real theming. Its just a random image (I'm sharing it on the previous page) and two zooper pro widgets. I highly recommend Zooper if you haven't tried it yet, very customizable.
UPDATE:
The download for the Digital Rain boot animation is now a link to the general non carrier specific HTC One themes section. It is more comprehensive and up to date with a few extras. Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
Haven't had a lot of free time due to work and family, but I managed to rework the infamous Call of Android boot I made a few years back. It is tailored for the HTC one but I can upload an unbranded version for anyone interested in making their own device specific boot. I would say this is what the boot animation I created a few years ago should have looked like but I didn't have the software at the time.
I also present a Matrix style digital rain boot specifically made for the HTC ONE. This one was a little more time consuming and took the better part of 3 months to finish... Apparently it's extremely difficult to find a good quality Matrix font online, it's pretty much non existent. So I made the font from scratch and including it in the attachments for ****s and gigs. Keep in mind that the font is not complete and only has 96 characters. The uniformity is also not consistent between each glyph as I was making this for video/boot animation purposes and not daily use.
Here are a couple gif's to get you started and the attached files. There are mp3's attached as a zip for anyone interested in matching audio. I am not going over the instructions on how to flash/copy/overwrite the necessary files to install these animations as there are plenty of tutorials already explaining the process.
DISCLAIMER:
Any questions, ask. Anyone interested in using it for their rom/project/different device, that is perfectly ok, you have permission too. All I ask is that you give credit where credit is due and hopefully link back to this post for others.
Preview:
{
"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"
}
Call of Android Downloads:
Call of Android HTC ONE Landscape zip
Call of Android HTC ONE Portrait zip
Digital Rain Downloads (UPDATE):
Since this seems to be getting more attention in the unbranded HTC One forum, here is a link to the Matrix Digital Rain boot. I have it kept up to date and added a few extra things to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
**NOTE**
If you have any problems downloading the zips from the links above, try a right click on the link and selecting "save as".
If your sound does not work after flash, most likely you will need to add a small snippet of code to an xml file. It's easy, just follow the directions below.
Adding audio:
On your phone use a file manager to browse to the folder: /system/customize/CID
Open the xml file contained in the directory with a text editor. Once opened, scroll down till you come across some text regarding bootanimations. The text will look something similar or exactly like ex:
Code:
animation="/system/customize/resource/NAMEOFBOOTANIMTION.zip" />
All you need to do is add a line of text and save, ex:
Code:
animation="/system/customize/resource/NAMEOFBOOTANIMATION.zip" [COLOR="Red"]audio="/system/customize/resource/NAMEOFAUDIOFILE.mp3 />[/COLOR]
As a bonus, the woman in red splash image and flashable zip.
-Crack
That matrix one looks amazing.... Love it!
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Good to see ya crack, nice work as always
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Good to see ya crack, nice work as always
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It's been awhile, but good to see ya too. I see you have been busy around here, you have done some very nice work yourself. :good:
Any interesting projects lately?
No just learning to do rom things, need new machine so until then mostly code stuff
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dased14 said:
No just learning to do rom things, need new machine so until then mostly code stuff
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PM sent good sir, need to pick your brain.
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PM sent good sir, need to pick your brain.
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not that theres a lot to pick but i'll help where i can
Surprised that there has not been more excitement about these, manually replacing files is easy, but took extra step to create flushable zips. They look awesome, work perfectly! My preference is the Blue. Good job here
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Surprised that there has not been more excitement about these, manually replacing files is easy, but took extra step to create flushable zips. They look awesome, work perfectly! My preference is the Blue. Good job here
Sent from Taptalk on HTC One on some awesome custom Rom!
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Well, it seems to be getting more exposure over in the HTC One (non carrier specific forum). I'll edit this main post with the link since I seem to be keeping it up to date more so than this thread.
These are great! thanks
Digital rain boot animation looks sick on my HTC one. Great job.
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Cool nice to see other people doing animations... oh yeah just some quick advice about the digital rain one it desperately needs some knoll light factory...Would look much cleaner. Its an after effects redgiant plugin just some advice.Either way nice man.
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Cool nice to see other people doing animations... oh yeah just some quick advice about the digital rain one it desperately needs some knoll light factory...Would look much cleaner. Its an after effects redgiant plugin just some advice.Either way nice man.
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I haven't used the knoll light factory yet... Will check it out, nice to see others who have experience with AE. :good:
I wanted the slight blur/low resolution look on the rain in the animation, I was trying to get it similar in feel to the Matrix intro and noticed it had a very similar grainy low-res look to it. I am still going to check out knoll and see what it's all about.
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I haven't used the knoll light factory yet... Will check it out, nice to see others who have experience with AE. :good:
I wanted the slight blur/low resolution look on the rain in the animation, I was trying to get it similar in feel to the Matrix intro and noticed it had a very similar grainy low-res look to it. I am still going to check out knoll and see what it's all about.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqqEriE0ogc
low res but oh well - 1:31 in youll see...
Yeah Redgiant makes some cool plugins if you want to remove the red X cough youtube... Yeah the only thing id say about that is: they did the matrix fly in at high res with 3d cubes to make up pixels it was either a well written expression or autodesk one of them you take your pick. Think it could be done with the holomatrix plugin now but I dont think that plugin was around then. Not exactly sure. But yeah thats why the pixels appear to have so much depth to them its how they created a 3d space to a 2d environment is with 3d pixel effect essentially.. They made the models move with expressions and null objects and then warped them in after effects. Its more of a warping of the cubes bending into code, thats what i remember at least. There are several variations lol what with 3 movies and all. The end flare when it warps into "pseudo reality" would be super easy replicated in klf as well as magic bullet looks has a matrix look i think youll like also...In KLF they also have resolution settings for you lights so no worries there and they may even have a preset of that flare Glad you shared man I like it...:good:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqqEriE0ogc
low res but oh well - 1:31 in youll see...
Yeah Redgiant makes some cool plugins if you want to remove the red X cough youtube... Yeah the only thing id say about that is: they did the matrix fly in at high res with 3d cubes to make up pixels it was either a well written expression or autodesk one of them you take your pick. Think it could be done with the holomatrix plugin now but I dont think that plugin was around then. Not exactly sure. But yeah thats why the pixels appear to have so much depth to them its how they created a 3d space to a 2d environment is with 3d pixel effect essentially.. They made the models move with expressions and null objects and then warped them in after effects. Its more of a warping of the cubes bending into code, thats what i remember at least. There are several variations lol what with 3 movies and all. The end flare when it warps into "pseudo reality" would be super easy replicated in klf as well as magic bullet looks has a matrix look i think youll like also...In KLF they also have resolution settings for you lights so no worries there and they may even have a preset of that flare Glad you shared man I like it...:good:
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[email protected]#, balls man. After checking the plugin out the other night, got to say it would have made this a bit easier to do instead of a white solid overlay with a couple masks. Thanks man, glad to have more ways to simplify and make **** look clean when making these. Pretty interesting info about how they rendered the 3d effects for the intro, even if it was a pixel shift/warp effect, still good information to have for the future. I've been messing around with blender for 3d, little rough around the edges for an interface, but it works... for now. Any software suggestions or recommendations on the 3d end? I've been contemplating Cinema 4d or 3ds Max
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[email protected]#, balls man. After checking the plugin out the other night, got to say it would have made this a bit easier to do instead of a white solid overlay with a couple masks. Thanks man, glad to have more ways to simplify and make **** look clean when making these. Pretty interesting info about how they rendered the 3d effects for the intro, even if it was a pixel shift/warp effect, still good information to have for the future. I've been messing around with blender for 3d, little rough around the edges for an interface, but it works... for now. Any software suggestions or recommendations on the 3d end? I've been contemplating Cinema 4d or 3ds Max
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Pretty sure Pneuma uses c4D. He got me into it, it's awesome
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[email protected]#, balls man. After checking the plugin out the other night, got to say it would have made this a bit easier to do instead of a white solid overlay with a couple masks. Thanks man, glad to have more ways to simplify and make **** look clean when making these. Pretty interesting info about how they rendered the 3d effects for the intro, even if it was a pixel shift/warp effect, still good information to have for the future. I've been messing around with blender for 3d, little rough around the edges for an interface, but it works... for now. Any software suggestions or recommendations on the 3d end? I've been contemplating Cinema 4d or 3ds Max
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Yeah man I hear that figured you'd like it: I've found that maxon has a much easier interface I've always thought that for some reason. Try some c4d: much simpler. And aftereffects CC has the new cineware engine in it (ie, renedering engine built into cinema4d) from maxon so yeah the two softwares will forever be interconnected from now on at least as far as adobe says. Which I love btw Currently I have autodesk 3dsmax installed as well as c4d and blender but I've never opened the other two except blender once to convert a model into .obj lol. Now I just got riptide so I can do it in c4d. Yeah I've found that most of the gurus use them as paired software. And crackanug also check out andrew kramers videocopilot element 3d it allows you to use trapcode form as a model overlay base essentially in after effects. Willing to help you attain that if you want hmu on gtalk [email protected]
And @ yeti glad you did to lol...I only try to persuade people who I think actually have promise, skill, ambition, Love to see the community grow with true talent.
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Yeah man I hear that figured you'd like it: I've found that maxon has a much easier interface I've always thought that for some reason. Try some c4d: much simpler. And aftereffects CC has the new cineware engine in it (ie, renedering engine built into cinema4d) from maxon so yeah the two softwares will forever be interconnected from now on at least as far as adobe says. Which I love btw Currently I have autodesk 3dsmax installed as well as c4d and blender but I've never opened the other two except blender once to convert a model into .obj lol. Now I just got riptide so I can do it in c4d. Yeah I've found that most of the gurus use them as paired software. And crackanug also check out andrew kramers videocopilot element 3d it allows you to use trapcode form as a model overlay base essentially in after effects. Willing to help you attain that if you want hmu on gtalk [email protected]
And @ yeti glad you did to lol...I only try to persuade people who I think actually have promise, skill, ambition, Love to see the community grow with true talent.
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As soon as I get some free time after this week (moving) I will check out c4d. Needing something other than blender, like you, all I used it for was converting things to an obj and maybe an extrusion for a simple 3d design from a vector drawing. I'm watching the videocopilot vids during some downtime at work, pretty impressive so far. I've watched some of the other tuts, but usually only when I am stuck or need help with some ideas. I'm def interested in learning from like minded individuals and getting new ideas, knowledge and tips. You see a message from letthemfear on gmail, it'll be me. Just a heads up, I work midnights so my schedule is usually a mess.
Now make me something pretty
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