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Am I the only one who wants my color display to be in color?

Now please don't misconstrue this post.
I truly do appreciate the ROM bakers we have here, and they have put out some truly awesome stuff. Dutty and Q, I've already used both your ROMs, cause for some reason I just can't leave it alone. I've actually tried 3 of Dutty's and the 1.2 of Q's.
I've had cell phones since it was regular black numbers on a grey screen (like a digital watch), then to the green LED, then, finally to a colored LED, and then to a full color screen. I really don't want to go back 20 (or whatever) years.
Anyway, my dilema is the black design of the ROMs. I'm no ROM chef, I barely have the patience to reconfigure my device after flashing. But am I the only one who wants my color device to have a colored theme? I came from the Hermes, and tweaked the hell out of alll the black ROMs for that to get some more color into them. On this one, I'm a little more hesitant to tweak them back to color.
Is there a quick way to get the black out of the cooked ROMs? I'm back on the ATT ROM for now, and I'm hating it again (after only a day). Again, nothing but the utmost respect for the chefs with more patience and skills than me, and a big thanks to you guys again.
But, anyone else want their color device to remain in color?

On black background the white text is perfectly readable. On ultra-mega-cool-supa-dupa coloured babe-magnet screen you will see LSD effect.
My 2 cents

gabriel31337 said:
On black background the white text is perfectly readable. On ultra-mega-cool-supa-dupa coloured babe-magnet screen you will see LSD effect.
My 2 cents
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Hmm ultra-mega-cool-supa-dupa coloured babe-magnet screen with LSD effect? Makes you wonder why aren't we doing this with more roms.

I like my black WM6 theme. It's... I dunno... it's only emphasizing the potential of the device, I think. It's a psychological thing. It's if you have a ferrari you'd drive calm, respectable. Not like all those civics that scoop around like crazy kids..
Same idea here - if it'd be a cheap ass cellphone for $25, I'd have it pimped out. Since it's a $400 business machine - it has to look solid and calm.
Just my opinion.

You can pretty easily add your own backgrounds and menubar themes. You can also get skinning software to give even more possibilities. Search for the homescreen screenshot thread to see various themes and skins people use. The most popular theme is a sedate black, but there are plenty of other colors out there.

If you want an easy way to add color, check out: Wisbar Advance 3
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/
I love it! Easy to change themes with as much color as you want.
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nbviper said:
If you want an easy way to add color, check out: Wisbar Advance 3
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/
I love it! Easy to change themes with as much color as you want.
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I thought I saw problems with wisbar and some other apps. But, yeah that does look cool. Thanks for the idea.

DarkDvr said:
I like my black WM6 theme. It's... I dunno... it's only emphasizing the potential of the device, I think. It's a psychological thing. It's if you have a ferrari you'd drive calm, respectable. Not like all those civics that scoop around like crazy kids..
Same idea here - if it'd be a cheap ass cellphone for $25, I'd have it pimped out. Since it's a $400 business machine - it has to look solid and calm.
Just my opinion.
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I agree. The Kaiser is about function and performance not flash. If your looking for eye candy then get an iPhone. If you want a business class multiple use device then the Kaiser is for you. I love the black themes. You can put any theme you want on these ROMs. The ROM is just the OS. Just like windows it is up to you to make look the way you like to use it. It just happen to be the most popular look for the cooks.

there are literly thousands of themes for pocket pc's bpth cooked roms and standard roms. they use the same themes and you can install them as easy as downloading them to your root directory and selecting them through your today/theme settings, have a look here http://www.pocketpcthemes.com/new.aspx for free themes

etijburg said:
I agree. The Kaiser is about function and performance not flash. If your looking for eye candy then get an iPhone. If you want a business class multiple use device then the Kaiser is for you. I love the black themes. You can put any theme you want on these ROMs. The ROM is just the OS. Just like windows it is up to you to make look the way you like to use it. It just happen to be the most popular look for the cooks.
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Jeez did I ever strike a chord, or what?
Why can't it have function AND form? If I wanted an Iflop, I'd have gotten one. I'd be first in line to buy those anti apple stickers, beleive me.
I'm not talking about roller coasters or flowers or hot chicks. All those things are great (some greater than others). I just want some color without having to hack like 200 items to a color to get it. Like make the black- blue, or red or whatever.
I understand I can put whatever theme I want on it. My thing was, with flashing once or twice a day, I'm tired of messing with color settings, and just wondering why people like turning the color display monochrome. Is your home computer colorless too? Do you watch movies exclusively in black and white?

DarkDvr said:
I like my black WM6 theme. It's... I dunno... it's only emphasizing the potential of the device, I think. It's a psychological thing. It's if you have a ferrari you'd drive calm, respectable. Not like all those civics that scoop around like crazy kids..
Same idea here - if it'd be a cheap ass cellphone for $25, I'd have it pimped out. Since it's a $400 business machine - it has to look solid and calm.
Just my opinion.
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If you always drove the ferrari like my grandma, you'd be wasting the car.
Just sayin is all.

over2land said:
Jeez did I ever strike a chord, or what?
Is your home computer colorless too? Do you watch movies exclusively in black and white?
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heh funny that you say that... my pc http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n218/dolbe666/desktop101.jpg
I prefer black and glossy really over bright and shiny

Wow.
That is pretty ironic, isn't it? LOL.
Still got some color in it, but largely comparable to the ROMs we are talking about, huh?
I can't really talk, I guess. I don't even have wallpaper, just a plain black screen. But still, I don't look at that screen all the dang time. I guess that is what gets me... every time I look at the phone it is black and dull. The plain screen on my home computer is so I don't have added clutter.

if you want colour use SPB mobile shell its got plenty of options for colour themes, while your at it tweaks2K2.net has a color editor for your device colors thats quick and simple. no need to do any major changes and it can be changed regualarly in a matter of seconds. also SPB pocket plus have extended themes that are quite nice. or you can use a them editor to make your own themes however you want them. the choices are endless as to how you setup your Kaisers color settings

dolbe said:
if you want colour use SPB mobile shell its got plenty of options for colour themes, while your at it tweaks2K2.net has a color editor for your device colors thats quick and simple. no need to do any major changes and it can be changed regualarly in a matter of seconds. also SPB pocket plus have extended themes that are quite nice. or you can use a them editor to make your own themes however you want them. the choices are endless as to how you setup your Kaisers color settings
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I was using SPB when I first got the Hermes... but got away from it with the advent of the HTC home plug in... it did what I wanted and took less space, also I thought it slowed the device down less. I was running the Mobile Shell, Pocket Plus, and Weather apps. Do they slow the Kaiser down too?
I'll check the tweaks2K2 thing, thanks.

they dont slow it down at all really. the newer SPB plus4 is less memory intensive and has a smaller footprint than the SPB plus v3. I use both the mobile shell and spb plus4 and pocket weather and dont experience any slow down. on my old wizard it slowed it down a bit but not that bad. the Kaiser doesnt suffer much from memory intensive apps like the old wm5/wm6 TYTN did. that extra ram and rom really makes a difference and the cpu is better also

[Tutorial][mod] custom color correction

first things first i take no credit for the app being used to do this. im just posting this so everyone knows how to do it.
our screen has a little too much blue. i noticed this while in best buy comparing to a nexus s. so lets fix it!
first things first. i have only tested in CM7 pre beta.
--update--
thanks everyone for testing it. it does not work on anything other then cm7 even if you use his tutorial in the link!
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1) install CM7
2) download this app. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9780975/Calibrator-5.1-CM6.apk
3) copy app to /system/app with root explorer or terminal.
4) set permissions (chmod 775 in termianl)
5) reboot
6) look in your app drawer and enjoy.
side note - this disables the default CM7 render FX
all credit goes to storm99999 on his original post for the nexus one. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745248)
okay so on the top here, there is a real life side by side (thank you photoshop). you can tell which has more blue
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down here i have 2 actual screen shots taken within android. you can see the yellow image is corrected. and the white one is uncorrected. our lcd has a little to much blue and this is a nice little fix. here you can really see the effect but it doesn't look right on your "correct" computer monitor

Pretty! Totally doing this!!!

So does this work better than the built in CM7 render FX? (I've never used CM7 so I dunno what this render FX thing is capable of anyway )

thebeardedchild said:
So does this work better than the built in CM7 render FX? (I've never used CM7 so I dunno what this render FX thing is capable of anyway )
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i actually have a post about just that in the general section. i think yes because you have total customization. where as default is only presets. the n1 calibrated setting has a hair too much yellow but its not bad if you dont wanna go thought the trouble of doing this. imo this is a game changer for me. the screen is so much more comfortable to look at now.

This should probably have been put in themes and apps, not dev honestly. That aside, im sure this will help some of the crazies people that have issues with the screen

diedemus said:
This should probably have been put in themes and apps, not dev honestly. That aside, im sure this will help some of the crazies people that have issues with the screen
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Word.
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gh123man said:
i actually have a post about just that in the general section. i think yes because you have total customization. where as default is only presets. the n1 calibrated setting has a hair too much yellow but its not bad if you dont wanna go thought the trouble of doing this. imo this is a game changer for me. the screen is so much more comfortable to look at now.
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That's cool, I never knew you could alter the coloring. I've always noticed that some yellows on my screen looked kinda green, especially in Fruit Ninja, so thanks for the find!

it's sort of a matter of taste
i prefer blue-ish whites to red-ish whites any day of the week but that's just me. thanks tho i didn't know you could tweak the screens colors =D

The picture on the right is supposed to look better, right? Because I think it looks better than the one on the left.

BravoMotorola said:
The picture on the right is supposed to look better, right? Because I think it looks better than the one on the left.
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It's a preference thing. If you think it looks better then sure, it's supposed to.
This guy is just letting us know we have the option to change it should we please.

BravoMotorola said:
The picture on the right is supposed to look better, right? Because I think it looks better than the one on the left.
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+1
its my question too!

thebeardedchild said:
It's a preference thing. If you think it looks better then sure, it's supposed to.
This guy is just letting us know we have the option to change it should we please.
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im going to take a min. to explain the screen shots in more detail. the one on the right is without color correction. the one on the left is with blue turned down slightly. now with these settings the phones colors look correct. where as without them the display is quite cold. the reason it looks yellow on your monitor is because the colors on your monitor are "correct" in a sense. we are correcting the lcd it self and its over presence of the color blue. where as your computer monitor you are viewing this from is most-likely balanced correctly where as the corrected image looks yellow due to the lack of blue. understand? im going to try to post a real world picture.

gh123man said:
im going to take a min. to explain the screen shots in more detail. the one on the right is without color correction. the one on the left is with blue turned down slightly. now with these settings the phones colors look correct. where as without them the display is quite cold. the reason it looks yellow on your monitor is because the colors on your monitor are "correct" in a sense. we are correcting the lcd it self and its over presence of the color blue. where as your computer monitor you are viewing this from is most-likely balanced correctly where as the corrected image looks yellow due to the lack of blue. understand? im going to try to post a real world picture.
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the first pic still looks yellow on my phone
Sent from my Atrix running CM7

Anthonok said:
the first pic still looks yellow on my phone
Sent from my Atrix running CM7
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i just posted a real pic in the original post. its hard to get the message across with pictures you really need to try it for yourself and i would imagine some screens may have more or less blue. or any other color for that mater. the pictures i posted are my personal settings that imo look best on my phone. you have a lot of options with this mod. its best just to take a shot! cant really hurt anything.

gh123man said:
i just posted a real pic in the original post. its hard to get the message across with pictures you really need to try it for yourself and i would imagine some screens may have more or less blue. or any other color for that mater. the pictures i posted are my personal settings that imo look best on my phone. you have a lot of options with this mod. its best just to take a shot! cant really hurt anything.
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Thanks. I was stupid to not think about how they were just screen shots. The output of the phone, of course, is correct. It is the screen (like it has been this whole time) that has the issue. Silly me! Thanks for the pics! And by the way, what number on blue do you have it set at?

BravoMotorola said:
Thanks. I was stupid to not think about how they were just screen shots. The output of the phone, of course, is correct. It is the screen (like it has been this whole time) that has the issue. Silly me! Thanks for the pics! And by the way, what number on blue do you have it set at?
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EDIT: blue = 885
i think i have blue at 885 and red and green at 1000 and its about perfect.

anyone try this on any other ROM beside CM7?
Edit: Just tried the universal zip and it wouldnt install through CWM

The zip file is a cwm package but is just an update to the app the installer apk is the second to last file in the first post of that thread.
And no it does not appear to work on other roms, I get a forced close
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ok so now im on CM7 and i placed the apk. into /system/app but not sure how to set the permissions on this im a noob. i tried running Rom managers permissions and rebooting but no luck can some one be kind and help me? (When i try and flash Zip in CWM it keeps saying "Amend scripting(update-script) is no longer supported. Instillation aborted" i tried Universal (AOSP) Download and Sense Download

gh123man said:
i think i have blue at 850 and red and green at 1000 and its about perfect.
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imo blue 977, green/red 1000

[FINISHED] Nexus S Full White (Skin + Case + Telus Nexus)

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
tony1208 said:
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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Phone and Case:
Phone and Skin:
Phone, Skin, and Case:
If you like this or it helped at all a thanks would be appreciated !

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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!

mainevent3405 said:
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.

mainevent3405 said:
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

Bump
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

309041291a said:
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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solesonfire said:
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?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

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

[Boot Animation] Digital Rain (Matrix) & Call of Android Redux (UPDATE 7/10)

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.
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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.
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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:
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Code:
animation="/system/customize/resource/NAMEOFBOOTANIMTION.zip" />
All you need to do is add a line of text and save, ex:
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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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dased14 said:
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.

Crackanug said:
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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avwheeler said:
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.

Pneuma's in the house, hell yeah
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Pneuma1985 said:
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:

Pneuma1985 said:
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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[Theme][Sony]-6/1/14

I have new theme for you guys! Even though i don't have XZ. haha
Working hard for you all! So please consider pressing the THANKS button if you download and enjoy my work :good:​
SONY THEME​
Special Credits to my friend @stansap for testing and screenshots Thanks bro! :good:
Installation: Install as normal apk or push in system/app and put the rw-r-r permission then reboot
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ZL4.4.2. :good:

Looks extraordinarily busy and incoherent. The Sony logo on the homescreen looks especially bad, the lens flare looks out of place, and when in the app drawer looks pretty awful when behind all the apps. UI elements look pretty meh, the colour gradients scream 90s and early 2000s, the font is inconsistent (the middle pictures in the 1st and 2nd row cause a massive clash between the wallpaper and text). The top notification bar is hard to read - the transparency makes whatever is in the top left of it nigh on impossible to read, as well as the "Sat" being smaller in size then the time. There's a mismatch in layers for the homescreen - the Sony logo appears on top, with the metallic stripes below that, and the lens flare below that, causing unsightly shadows. The halo behind the Sony logo is also not the same shade of blue as the notification bar and navigation buttons.
0/10 would not even go near.

iDroid8 said:
Looks extraordinarily busy and incoherent. The Sony logo on the homescreen looks especially bad, the lens flare looks out of place, and when in the app drawer looks pretty awful when behind all the apps. UI elements look pretty meh, the colour gradients scream 90s and early 2000s, the font is inconsistent (the middle pictures in the 1st and 2nd row cause a massive clash between the wallpaper and text). The top notification bar is hard to read - the transparency makes whatever is in the top left of it nigh on impossible to read, as well as the "Sat" being smaller in size then the time. There's a mismatch in layers for the homescreen - the Sony logo appears on top, with the metallic stripes below that, and the lens flare below that, causing unsightly shadows. The halo behind the Sony logo is also not the same shade of blue as the notification bar and navigation buttons.
0/10 would not even go near.
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Wth !
Why you say bad thing like that -___-
Send from my XZ with 4.4.2 to your eyes !

iDroid8 said:
Looks extraordinarily busy and incoherent. The Sony logo on the homescreen looks especially bad, the lens flare looks out of place, and when in the app drawer looks pretty awful when behind all the apps. UI elements look pretty meh, the colour gradients scream 90s and early 2000s, the font is inconsistent (the middle pictures in the 1st and 2nd row cause a massive clash between the wallpaper and text). The top notification bar is hard to read - the transparency makes whatever is in the top left of it nigh on impossible to read, as well as the "Sat" being smaller in size then the time. There's a mismatch in layers for the homescreen - the Sony logo appears on top, with the metallic stripes below that, and the lens flare below that, causing unsightly shadows. The halo behind the Sony logo is also not the same shade of blue as the notification bar and navigation buttons.
0/10 would not even go near.
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then dont use this theme. its very simple. no one forced u to use it. I really dont care what u said. just enjoy ur life and be happy. ur just a bitter guy. hahahahahaha. just say whatever u want hahahahahaha

iDroid8 said:
Looks extraordinarily busy and incoherent. The Sony logo on the homescreen looks especially bad, the lens flare looks out of place, and when in the app drawer looks pretty awful when behind all the apps. UI elements look pretty meh, the colour gradients scream 90s and early 2000s, the font is inconsistent (the middle pictures in the 1st and 2nd row cause a massive clash between the wallpaper and text). The top notification bar is hard to read - the transparency makes whatever is in the top left of it nigh on impossible to read, as well as the "Sat" being smaller in size then the time. There's a mismatch in layers for the homescreen - the Sony logo appears on top, with the metallic stripes below that, and the lens flare below that, causing unsightly shadows. The halo behind the Sony logo is also not the same shade of blue as the notification bar and navigation buttons.
0/10 would not even go near.
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Hey boy, why don't u just close the link on your browser when u don't like the theme.. He worked hard on the theme and deserves good suggestions, not mockery.. If u don't like the theme, why do u bother commenting a big paragraph huh? :silly::silly:

iDroid8 said:
Looks extraordinarily busy and incoherent. The Sony logo on the homescreen looks especially bad, the lens flare looks out of place, and when in the app drawer looks pretty awful when behind all the apps. UI elements look pretty meh, the colour gradients scream 90s and early 2000s, the font is inconsistent (the middle pictures in the 1st and 2nd row cause a massive clash between the wallpaper and text). The top notification bar is hard to read - the transparency makes whatever is in the top left of it nigh on impossible to read, as well as the "Sat" being smaller in size then the time. There's a mismatch in layers for the homescreen - the Sony logo appears on top, with the metallic stripes below that, and the lens flare below that, causing unsightly shadows. The halo behind the Sony logo is also not the same shade of blue as the notification bar and navigation buttons.
0/10 would not even go near.
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Hey if u don't impressed then why the hell u are interfering.. @slink722 you keep up ur good work
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Nauju said:
Hey if u don't impressed then why the hell u are interfering.. @slink722 you keep up ur good work
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thanks for appreciating my work bro :good: just dont mind that pathetic bitter guy. maybe he's jealous. hahaha

Nice work. I wish someone can make ubuntu touch theme for z.
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pjgowtham said:
Nice work. I wish someone can make ubuntu touch theme for z.
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do u have a link for that ubuntu touch theme? i will try to make for 4.3/4.4 btw thanks for appreciating my work bro :highfive:

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do u have a link for that ubuntu touch theme? i will try to make for 4.3/4.4 btw thanks for appreciating my work bro :highfive:
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chisapps.ubuntutouch
This is a paid app bro.
The ubuntu UI is more of a black and orange combination.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.themechooser.iosstylepaid
The second link is Vermunds theme. The icons for app drawer is beatiful because its a multi coloured icon theme and i felt it kinda was going well with the ubuntu touch theme. So multicoloured icons will be beautiful
Thanks for taking my request bro. :highfive:

pjgowtham said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chisapps.ubuntutouch
This is a paid app bro.
The ubuntu UI is more of a black and orange combination.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.themechooser.iosstylepaid
The second link is Vermunds theme. The icons for app drawer is beatiful because its a multi coloured icon theme and i felt it kinda was going well with the ubuntu touch theme. So multicoloured icons will be beautiful
Thanks for taking my request bro. :highfive:
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ohh sorry bro i cant port paid apps..

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ohh sorry bro i cant port paid apps..
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Its just the buttons, orange line on the status bar.. Thats the paid theme.
Check it out and try doing a theme if it interests you, thanks

good job as always! although the home menu transparency, would be more successful if it were 50%, still fantastic, I love it, do not know what to put, hahaha
@milocj by devSXSTeam Z

pjgowtham said:
Its just the buttons, orange line on the status bar.. Thats the paid theme.
Check it out and try doing a theme if it interests you, thanks
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Well edit paid apps to mod and to place it here is not allowed that are the rules of xda buddy.
Send from my XZ with 4.4.2 to your eyes !

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