[THEME HELP!] XML Editing & More, please help? - LG Thrill 4G

I wanna be a small help to the XDA LG Thrill Community by theming apps and such.
But I have yet to figure out.......how do I edit the theme and color of an .apk or App?
If someone could easily explanation this fast, I could have good themes up in. No time!
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rydeN- said:
I wanna be a small help to the XDA LG Thrill Community by theming apps and such.
But I have yet to figure out.......how do I edit the theme and color of an .apk or App?
If someone could easily explanation this fast, I could have good themes up in. No time!
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Seriously, of anyone wants some themes then help me?
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I know with themeing apps you use apktool and smali backsmali its been awhile since i made a themed app
Thrill 4g on O3D

I know if you google apktool there is a whole guide on it
Thrill 4g on O3D

Appreciated, I made a small source Themed Music app all from my phone, go to Apps & Themes and check it out.
It's a but low end, some quality into it.
I'd love a bit of feedback
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rydeN- said:
I wanna be a small help to the XDA LG Thrill Community by theming apps and such.
But I have yet to figure out.......how do I edit the theme and color of an .apk or App?
If someone could easily explanation this fast, I could have good themes up in. No time!
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814

i wish the best for ya in your endeavors! theming is fun once ya get the hang of it.
it takes lots of trial and error sometimes... so dont get discouraged. ive been doing this for years. it gets easier!
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What theme should i port?

I'm gonna start trying my hand in porting, i just dont know which theme to start with.
I was thinking about White Chrome from the i9000 forums, but i dont even know if its compatible.
it would be for sc2.9.2.
opinions please!
and if any of the themers would like to give me the ok to pm them if i get stuck with something, that would be awesome. i dont want to feel like im bugging all you guys haha
You dont know if its compatible? Of course its not. When you port a theme, you make it compatable.
You can pm me if you need any tips.
Hopefully you can talk with nitsuj17 he is very experienced.
White Chrome is dope, good luck with the port.
My advice would be to download an existing fascinate theme/framework and compare it to the theme you like and want to port...galaxy s themes are pretty close to ours (well gingerbread rom themes are a tad more difficult with systemui.apk) so just look through the drawable-hdpi folders and see what's different
tyler1234567 said:
You dont know if its compatible? Of course its not. When you port a theme, you make it compatable.
You can pm me if you need any tips.
Hopefully you can talk with nitsuj17 he is very experienced.
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well i know im making it compatible, i had just heard there was something with TW roms vs aosp and stuff, and if i ported an aosp theme for a tw rom, i thought things might go bad.
nitsuj17 said:
My advice would be to download an existing fascinate theme/framework and compare it to the theme you like and want to port...galaxy s themes are pretty close to ours (well gingerbread rom themes are a tad more difficult with systemui.apk) so just look through the drawable-hdpi folders and see what's different
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ok, i've been playing around with existing files a little bit and i think i can get it. i have nitro honeycomb that i will kind of be using as my anchor.
jordanzink said:
ok, i've been playing around with existing files a little bit and i think i can get it. i have nitro honeycomb that i will kind of be using as my anchor.
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i would recommend using sbrissens 6 lock mods as a base or stock frameworks from roms...when working with already themed frameworks ur carrying over their xml edits/image/framework changes too
and always remember to credit
yeah haha I read your ettiqute (sp) in your guide. so if I download sbrissens mods, and there will be modded frameworks in there and I can just put the image files that I am porting into that framework?
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jordanzink said:
yeah haha I read your ettiqute (sp) in your guide. so if I download sbrissens mods, and there will be modded frameworks in there and I can just put the image files that I am porting into that framework?
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yup, images are a good place to start
Its not so bad...
The best way to pick something to work on is find one that YOU like. Then all the aggravation can be worth it if its something you will want to personally use.
sunder74 said:
The best way to pick something to work on is find one that YOU like. Then all the aggravation can be worth it if its something you will want to personally use.
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that's really good advice haha thank you. I never thought about t
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Good luck man
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If I may chime in, the theme from Warm TwoPointTwo would be great
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809985
It was my favorite UI on the INC and I can recreate the launcher with LauncherPro for ya
pming people is not a very good way to learn. head over to irc freenode #fascinate-themers and talk to the folks there. thats how i learned. i would never have gotten anything done with out them.
gunnermike said:
pming people is not a very good way to learn. head over to irc freenode #fascinate-themers and talk to the folks there. thats how i learned. i would never have gotten anything done with out them.
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oh I didn't know there was a themers thread. thanks for the info!
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Dark Edge UI is an awesome theme. Its for AOSP unfourunately, and I'm not sure if it's ever been ported to the Galaxy S family.
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TheSonicEmerald said:
Dark Edge UI is an awesome theme. Its for AOSP unfourunately, and I'm not sure if it's ever been ported to the Galaxy S family.
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Haha darkedge would hardly be one I would suggest for someones first time out. That's one of the most complete themes ever.
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sunder74 said:
Haha darkedge would hardly be one I would suggest for someones first time out. That's one of the most complete themes ever.
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lol, true. But I'm just throwing it out there ya know. I just started using themes for the Fascinate (can't figure out why I never used it on the Eris :/), so I don't much about other themes.
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Haha darkedge would hardly be one I would suggest for someones first time out. That's one of the most complete themes ever.
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also you need permission to from xeodoxus to port that one
how bout the "onyx" theme on this page.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853923
and make the buttons flat instead of beveled.
i would buy you lots of beers or root beers or whatever.
thanks!

Req: gapps messaging. Calendar. Phone. Dialer.

I know there are a load of requests building...
One in particular I cant help but mention is the lg messaging and contacts,phone,dialer, and the calander apps are annoying...
I know that there are alternative apps in the market but I was hiping for the legit google stock apps if possible...
I guess what im asking is whether somebody wants to cook them into a thrill rom...
Or if anybody knkws how to replace the lg ui ones with the regular android ones... any way at all. Would be awesome...
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Trekfan422991 said:
I know there are a load of requests building...
One in particular I cant help but mention is the lg messaging and contacts,phone,dialer, and the calander apps are annoying...
I know that there are alternative apps in the market but I was hiping for the legit google stock apps if possible...
I guess what im asking is whether somebody wants to cook them into a thrill rom...
Or if anybody knkws how to replace the lg ui ones with the regular android ones... any way at all. Would be awesome...
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The thrilled dialer is ugly
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rthamilton said:
The thrilled dialer is ugly
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i want to try editing the apk's themselves and retheming them... but i havent any tools to edit the xml in them yet.. so i can change things like font colors.... so i would rather replace them with the tried and true original GAPPS...
I plan on theming these apps in my rom. Just haven't got around to it yet.
You do it through editing their individual apk's?
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I actually like the thrill dialer better than the gapps one, but everything else is MUCH better as gapps.
Trekfan422991 said:
You do it through editing their individual apk's?
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In this case, yes. In stock Android many parts of these apps are themed by editing system wide images in framework, but unfortunately most of LG's apps are self contained in regards to the themes. I have already themed most of the framework in my ROM yet not much within LG's apps like the calendar, phone, dialer, etc. has changed. I will have to go through each app one by one and theme them. You could try pulling AOSP variants of Calendar and Mms to replace the LG apps, but there will likely be some bugs. You definitely can't just replace the phone and dialer apps because those are heavily integrated with the system.
Yeah I figured... I dont know how your planning on theming them to match your rom... But im gonna theme em to try and match aosp... As best as possible... Gonna take some time... Haha... Theming is so time draining... Haha
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Trekfan422991 said:
Yeah I figured... I dont know how your planning on theming them to match your rom... But im gonna theme em to try and match aosp... As best as possible... Gonna take some time... Haha... Theming is so time draining... Haha
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Tell me about it. Theming takes forever. Especially if you want to make it look good.
my reputation... Or whatever is left of it came from the windows mobile days... I skinned any program with the resources or xml... I got very good at having an eye for what looks good... But like you said once you know what looks good... To take your time and make it happen... Takes hourz of work... I dont think ppl realize what a drain of time it is... They just make requests... After requests and wonder why they aren t released yet... Lol...
Anywho... Tryin to start building a rep for android theming now that I have a real android device... Haha need to get eclipse to do xml though...
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[Request][Theme] GB blue and silver theme

In case anyone needs any ideas for a theme, I've been missing the theme that I had on my moto droid. It was the themed version of simply stunning 5.1. It looked substantially like the gingerbread theme that is current on Revolt 1.5, but the color scheme was blue and silver/gray.
If anyone wants to make this (preferably so that it's compatible with mtmichaelson's revolt 1.5 rom), I would be greatly appreciative, and would not hesitate to donate some beer money =D
I actually thought about doing this right after I got done with Iconic Revolted. Iconic Revolted is already a blue and silver theme. I used to be a "beta tester" for ChevyNo1 so I'll ask him if I can use his theme and see what he says. If he says it's ok then I'll jump on it sometime tonight.
That would be fantastic. I tried out your iconic theme, but I wasn't too big on the icons in the status bar - I've become too used to the smaller GB stock icons.
Anyway, thanks so much for all the work!
Better themes please
I just put red revolt on, and I love it ... just wish they would add a clear status bar ... I think he said he was working on that
Android Power said:
I hate all these themes that are coming out, I had the coolest themes on my moto droid...could we possibly make a theme chooser and be able to use the themes from jrummy? I miss the clear status bar and the solid green battery with no battery precentages. (Im not picky/high maintance)
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Well thanks for hating my themes. Make your own if mine aren't good enough. Tons of people like what I make so......
And by the way, transparent statusbar is only able to be done on a gingerbread rom. And by saying "can we make a theme Chooser app." I assume you mean someone else make it and you get it for free?
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Spc I am very grateful for your themes and love them. Haters gonna hate. I appreciate your effort and work. Thanks man!
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My bad man...didn't see the red revolt. The HD iconic wasn't my cup of tea ... but I do like all the work you do.
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spc_hicks09 said:
Well thanks for hating my themes. Make your own if mine aren't good enough. Tons of people like what I make so......
And by the way, transparent statusbar is only able to be done on a gingerbread rom. And by saying "can we make a theme Chooser app." I assume you mean someone else make it and you get it for free?
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Sorry didn't mean it like that...you do great work and I apolgize. The iconic wasn't my cup of tea, red revolt looks raw ... if someone were to make a theme Chooser for us I would pay for It only if it were on market ... (don't have PayPal)
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spc_hicks09 said:
And by the way, transparent statusbar is only able to be done on a gingerbread rom.
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Then what's up with Droid bionic running 2.2 but has clear status bar
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What bionic had 2.2? it comes with 2.3.4
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Android Power said:
Then what's up with Droid bionic running 2.2 but has clear status bar
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Thank you for showing me that you know nothing.

MIUI Launcher

Saw this in the general themes and apps section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220695
It works perfectly on the Revo!
Does anyone know how to modify the status bar icons to make them look like MIUI?
Got the status bar mod using super status bar
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Lol nevermind then.
Lol, you should make a theme based off of that
The status bar app isn't all that
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Samsuck said:
Lol, you should make a theme based off of that
The status bar app isn't all that
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That's actually a good idea. I'm going to push out a new theme sometime tomorrow called "Fusion," then I will start working on one for the MIUI Launcher. Thanks for posting that! Is that "Super Statusbar" app available in the market?
spc_hicks09 said:
That's actually a good idea. I'm going to push out a new theme sometime tomorrow called "Fusion," then I will start working on one for the MIUI Launcher. Thanks for posting that! Is that "Super Statusbar" app available in the market?
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Awesome man! Yeah it's in the market but it's kind of buggy . I'm sure you could theme it up properly with some miui flavor heh. Your paypal says you can't receive money btw. I'll send you some brewski money in appreciate of you working on a miui theme . Definitely an interesting look for the Revo, especially as we wait for CM7
Even better, I found a nicely themed MIUI Music .apk that works perfectly as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995975
just push to system/app
Samsuck said:
Awesome man! Yeah it's in the market but it's kind of buggy . I'm sure you could theme it up properly with some miui flavor heh. Your paypal says you can't receive money btw. I'll send you some brewski money in appreciate of you working on a miui theme . Definitely an interesting look for the Revo, especially as we wait for CM7
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Yeah something is messed up with my PayPal and it won't let me accept payments. I've been trying to find something like it so I can accept donations. I can accept credit cards on my phone but haven't found anything I can link to here. For right now I use "Intuit" because I have a side business fixing computers. Came with a Bluetooth credit card swiper or I can manually input card numbers and its linked directly to my account! Got it all for free too!
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Let me know when you're ready to take donations
I'm ready for a bad ass MIUI theme
Thanks for all that you do man!
Samsuck said:
Let me know when you're ready to take donations
I'm ready for a bad ass MIUI theme
Thanks for all that you do man!
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Hey just wanted to let you know that now that my Fusion is almost complete, the next one will be an MIUI Theme!
That's wassssuuuppppp.
Thanks man!
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Forgive my ignorance but what is MIUI? I've seen it mentioned several times lately but nothing in a context that indicated its meaning.
Appreciate whoever takes the time to educate me, or provide a link to educate myself. I googled it and searched the market but nothing I saw really gave me a good summary.
And to be even more needy... I'm currently using ADW Launcher EX, so if someone could give a brief comparison of the launcher in this thread and ADW that would be awesome... It'll be hard to give up Hicks's themes.
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Forgive my ignorance but what is MIUI? I've seen it mentioned several times lately but nothing in a context that indicated its meaning.
Appreciate whoever takes the time to educate me, or provide a link to educate myself. I googled it and searched the market but nothing I saw really gave me a good summary.
And to be even more needy... I'm currently using ADW Launcher EX, so if someone could give a brief comparison of the launcher in this thread and ADW that would be awesome... It'll be hard to give up Hicks's themes.
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MIUI is like CyanogenMod but it looks cooler lol.
spc_hicks09 said:
MIUI is like CyanogenMod but it looks cooler lol.
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Well said lol
Join the revolt!
MIUI Theme will be pushed out some time tomorrow!
Can't wait to check it out
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MIUI Theme will be pushed out some time tomorrow!
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are you still working on this theme? dying to check it out!

[THEME] ICS "Ice Cream Sandwich" Flashable Zip

ICS Theme is up!!!
This Themed Framework Works With ANY of the doomed Froyo roms.. and thriller roms
This is a personal mix between ics colors and honeycomb dialogs... i downloaded the ICS sdk however used none of it for this... haha..
my launcher is ADW with the free adw ice cream sandwich theme on the market..
it looks pretty awesome..
it will look even better with the ICS Launcher from Syndicate Apps
here is a nice new wallpaper i made:
Other Skins... not mine:
i did pay .99 cents for the go sms ICS theme which looks like this:
i have uploaded a Flashable Zip just install through CWM
shouldnt have any issues.. but as always backup
PLEASE GIVE FEEDBACK!!! or ideas on how to improve
donations always appreciated!!!
Hey hey, looks good. Better change that description in the zip file though...
Can you make it compatible with Thriller Rom?
Please
Please
Please
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Cthater said:
Can you make it compatible with Thriller Rom?
Please
Please
Please
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Doomed is based off thriller so it should work. I think... nandroid backup and try it out. Worst case scenario, you waste a few minutes.
It works just flashed it. Thank for all Ur hard work it's great to see someone sticking with this phone
If you like it show your appreciation, pressing the thanks button is cool, donating is cooler.
/pulling for ya man
Hit thanks and I'm on thriller fyi
bzzybfrm313 said:
Hit thanks and I'm on thriller fyi
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Yeah figured, pullin for my man trek that's all. Glad you like his work, i owe this man a donation to tell ya the truth
nah cause i owe you one.. so were even.. haha
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Have to say I like it but I don't love it. Not a fan of the battery changing colors or of the web loading bar or volume bar being orange but I guess I'll live. Until I get with Trek and learn how to theme on Android it will have to do. LOL
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So I noticed it messed with my notification sounds. Basically made them non existent. Had to remove and restore. :'( I really liked the transparent notification area.
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Cthater said:
So I noticed it messed with my notification sounds. Basically made them non existent. Had to remove and restore. :'( I really liked the transparent notification area.
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mine are fine... sorry bout your problems
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all it does is replace some images in the framework-res... i dont understand how it messed with your notifications sounds... and i HAVE FLASHED IT SEVERAL times... would you mind trying it again
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I will try it again. Gonna try a wipe this time first just to see what happens.
FYI it didn't do it at first. I only noticed it when I plugged in the phone to charge and I got a text while it was plugged in. After that I took it off the charger and saw that nothing was making a sound except my ringtone for phone calls.
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Well its been about an hour and no problems yet but I did notice a fifth bar in signal strength.
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Well its been about an hour and no problems yet but I did notice a fifth bar in signal strength.
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there shouldnt be 5 bars but... when it is 5 it the four should be connected by a line across the bottom of them
Thanks gappie dont work have bootlope!!!
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Thanks gappie dont work have bootlope!!!
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really sorry i dont know how... what rom are you using...
Yeah that is a bit odd, this won't work on stock or any o3d roms but should work on doomed froyo full and slim and thriller.
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there shouldnt be 5 bars but... when it is 5 it the four should be connected by a line across the bottom of them
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Yea the picture probably doesn't show it but the fifth bar is at the bottom. So far so good too. Still wish loading bars were blue instead of orange.
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