[Q] Transparent bars - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I do not understand one thing.
If the original themes of Z1 have the upper and lower bars semi-transparent,
why no launcher or other themes that involves the transparent bars work?
i have Z1 no rooted and i try more themes and launcher, cam samebody help me while waiting Kitkat

i found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47519003&postcount=366
i need root?

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i found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47519003&postcount=366
i need root?

did u read that thread's OP to begin with?

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Nexus one themes help!

Hey i was wondering im new can i change the theme without rooting the phone. Such as battery color and toolbar and menu colors and icon images? i heard of PANDAHOME? Does this program do what i listed for changes? if not what app or way will it work
I am not aware of any apps available that support more theme-ing than the launcher. All of the things that you would like to change are only possible through rooting your phone.

[REQ] need some help with a theme

I am using the GalaxyS theme with Vegan 5.1 right now and for the most part I really like it, problem is the status icons are horrible. I tried pulling the green icons out of the GreenV2 theme and using ninjamorph to combine them with the GS theme. (I would just flash the GreenV2 theme, but I can't stand all the other green stuff in it) Anyway, whenever I push the framework back in with NM, I go into a bootloop.
Can anyone with experience with this stuff find it in their hearts to combine these two themes and create a flashable zip? All I want are the status icons and I can provide all the files needed since they don;t seem to be readily available on the forum anymore.
Next to last post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889670&page=2
Thanks GTO777!

[REQ] Nexus statusbar

Would anyone be able to make a nexus like statusbar. Cant find one. Theres one in the xperia s forum but doesnt work.
On the same page you signed up to post on - [REQ] Nexus like navbar for Xperia Z
That's just the bottom keys. I want the top statusbar bar. Something similar to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180440
C_Ward670 said:
That's just the bottom keys. I want the top statusbar bar. Something similar to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180440
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My bad, try and make it yourself, replacing images is simple.
Tried using tickle my android but keep getting a java not installed error even though it is

is transparent dock possible

is there anyway of having the dock transparent on the homescreen of my non-rooted htc one, it looks intrusive when setting a nice wallpaper. they have done the status bar and it would have looked better with the dock also, i know i can use a custom launcher and get rid of the dock altogether. but i find must launchers will bring up the black bar with the three dots at some point which is just as bad. so does anyone know if anybody has looked into this without using root or custom rom. thanks in advance..........................sudeki300
Yeah, i have asked for this myself, but i dont want to root.
John.
sudeki300 said:
is there anyway of having the dock transparent on the homescreen of my non-rooted htc one, it looks intrusive when setting a nice wallpaper. they have done the status bar and it would have looked better with the dock also, i know i can use a custom launcher and get rid of the dock altogether. but i find must launchers will bring up the black bar with the three dots at some point which is just as bad. so does anyone know if anybody has looked into this without using root or custom rom. thanks in advance..........................sudeki300
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
Yeah, i have asked for this myself, but i dont want to root.
John.
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There are mods available to do this but you need to unlock the bootloader, flash custom recovery and then root your device.... the options without are limited if not non-existent.
I would prefer to use an launcher than doing all that, i have used GO Launcher on my S3 and it worked great, might give it a go on my H1
John.
I also would like to do this , and I am rooted
is there something I could flash ?

[Q] How to force EMUI not to add icon background?

Emotion UI cuts icons corners to make it rounded (iOS like) and adds background to every icon, even to these with transparent parts. It tries to pick at least similar color to icon, but still it looks horrible with many icons. Any idea how to disable this feature?
I agree it doesn't look good at all. The only way to do it is by finding a theme which allows you to have transparent icon backgrounds. Usually a Lollipop or a Material theme will have that.
Wlk said:
Emotion UI cuts icons corners to make it rounded (iOS like) and adds background to every icon, even to these with transparent parts. It tries to pick at least similar color to icon, but still it looks horrible with many icons. Any idea how to disable this feature?
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Jeeezus man u moaning in every section of this phone.. ar you sure you did the right thing buying this phone?
Or you don't know what themes is? Where you can customize ? Even icons..gosh man .. complaining about some "icons are too rounded"
What on earth complain is this..
Sorry that I asked a questions in q/a thread, it seems valid to me, maybe answers will help someone...
Wlk said:
Sorry that I asked a questions in q/a thread, it seems valid to me, maybe answers will help someone...
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It is a Q&A thread and a very valid question which many people will have. Even I had it when I got a Huawei phone and eventually figured out you had to change it with themes. Problem is they don't include any themes which disable that by default. So you have to search the web and look all over just to find a theme which supports icons with transparent backgrounds. It's no easy task and honestly it should at least come with one theme out of the box which allows for icons with transparent backgrounds.
The only solution I could find was running a different launcher. I'm running Nova Launcher and a Marshmallow theme now and this has oddly enough made me much happier with my phone.

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