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I was curious if themes had an effect on the phones performance. Like speed or battery life. I have noticed my battery draining rather fast.
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If you ever worked on a car, the more you pretty it up with suff like bodykits, big wings that scream point me to the airport and stuff of the like, the car has to work harder and uses more gas. Same rules apply
Hopefully that answers your ? In a round about way
Thank you, come again
Yea but it looks Badass getting there!
I agree, cars except the stupid wing and themes look badass but I am all about performance,which themes and bodykits take away from
I agree i have noticed that themes did slow down my g1 drain more battery and general giving a few more fc. Although it does make the ui look great. Maybe someone should test to see if there really is a diffrence and not a placebo effect
i agree with you pistol but you are asking the phone to do more so the normal way would be that it would drain more battery and slowit down a little bit
I have gone like you and am now running themeless
Most themes don't do much besides change system images. The images are only replaced so it's not too much different than stock. As long as the images are optimized, it shouldn't have much affect. If there are mods in the theme itself, that's where things can get weird. Besides a few FC's sometimes, themes have minimal affect on performance from what I can tell.
Well someone shpuld at least try and see if there is a diffrence with a theme. Its worth a shot we maybe surprised woth the results. I wish I could I dnt have the time unfourtantly.
pistol4413 said:
Well someone shpuld at least try and see if there is a diffrence with a theme. Its worth a shot we maybe surprised woth the results. I wish I could I dnt have the time unfourtantly.
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I agree.
I'd like to know for sure what the differences are with/without a theme.
I don't know the first thing about benchmarking a phone so I'm gonna leave this one up to someone else.
honestly the reasons your bats are draining are because PROBABLY your doing things that will drain it
ie going on xda via the phone browser, using any apps for a period of time,taking pictures, you get what im saying? i havent had any battery issuses when using themes. maybe you are all a little paranoid?
I just might be, wait what was that, oh just my shadow
There was already a similiar thread but got messed up with ppl contributing senseless ideas like wearing sunglasses etc.
So please stay ontopic.
My concern is that i want to dim the screen much more than it's possible in the settings. If you've got a hero rom it can be set much lower.
We have all rooted phones, so does anybody know how to get the screen darker?
Is it a kernelhack or what?
i would like to stay with android 1.6, so no hero rom. pays 1.1 is fast and has no ram hack so any ideas?
kind regards
lol
btw: the battery also lasts a lot longer if its even darker than normal
have to asnwer my own post, but has nobody any ideas? would help a lot. somebody who knows sth about hacking, like hmm a DEV please
Hey CDMA Tab Owners,
Hopefully we get off to a good foot this time but I was really curious what some of your thoughts and ideas would be for a new ROM? I notice the selection is a bit thin with a single ROM for each. I've been dabbing around the last couple days and I think I have a fair idea of where development stands for the Tab right now. Primarily GSM but I'd like to start some CDMA development of my own. Anyone looking for something besides what is already out there? (Don't say a HC port , not happening, yet.)
I'd love to hear some ideas. My thoughts on this are to start easy and have a primary focus of making the tablet a better, well tablet. I like AOSP/CM6/CM7 as much as the next guy but they just don't feel right on a tablet. So I definitely am leaning towards trying to optimize the tablet experience as much as possible to differentiate it further from a phone. Maybe look into some custom apps, nothing is off the table.
Please keep this clean and thoughtful.
Thank you.
I've been so confused as to why there is such a small amount of development for the CDMA tabs.
Anyways, thanks for taking a leap...I think a custom ROM, for starters, should be something that is deodexed for theming capabilities and has all of the bloatware removed to save space. I'm not too worried about having an OC kernel, yet, since I tried the one that is out for CDMA tabs and my phone bricked
I am willing to test what you put out, so let me know what you are able to come up with
Liberty or something like it !
I own a Droid x as well as my tab and would love to see Liberty or something like it. I would love to see a pulldown bar text editor, the Liberty toolbox where you can tweak settings yourself. I like the Khasmek orange theme and Im running it now with Voodoo rom with lag fixes and running like 2200+ quadrant, it's silky smooth I love it but would love to see more color options and more attention to the device. Something that optimizes the system as much as possible to save the battery and make the device last longer between charges. Nothing too specific just want Liberty, Apex, Rubix (which I haven't tried on my X but hear its good) Doesn't even have to be named any of those names, can be a mix of all of them with a different name...I would really love to see more development for this device my hope was restored when i saw Khasmeks orange theme and put it on my tab !!
ok
apparently only like 3 of us care ! lol
Well after being out of town for a week and not having my laptop I am finally home. Work has already began but, I am torn as to which way I will go. Right now I have a mix of Thriller 1.0.3 and ThaizD and I am thinking about ditching that and modding CM7 which will be a lot of work to get things working correctly. I am running my rom right now and posting from the XDA tapatalk app. There is still a lot of tweaking that needs to be done. I haven't even touched the theme yet, just a few tweaks.
I will hopefully be releasing a beta within the next week or so as long as I have enough time, been very busy lately. Just thought I would get the word out. So far everything is working well, which isn't saying much since I haven't really done any experimenting yet.
As of now I am calling it "No Frill Thrill" because it is going to be a very stripped down rom. I am trying to focus more on speed, battery, memory, GPS and theme. Users will be able to just restore data and get everything they had back.
Guess that's all the info I have for now. I will post updates now and then to let you guys know how progress is going.
I look forward to seeing what u can come up with. I'm sure everyone else will appreciate any advancements we can get. Really looking forward to the possibility of new kernels and more radios that can be flashed down the road. New theming alone would definitely make the UI better. This has got to be one of the ugliest and worst designed UI to come on a phone.
Sent from my LG-P925 using xda premium
Yeah, it will be a bit before I get anything done. Need to setup my laptop and take a nap lol Im an old man and if I work while sleepy Ill screw everything up... so nap time then I set to work.
Junk post sorry guess I got a lame place holder
I think we all agree that we appreciate any work that is done to make this phone/any phone better. I have a high appreciation for all of the developers.
While you're napping and rom creating, I'll be playing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcsvL_oyRHE
Yes, I'm all over this tomorrow at 5.
i would love to help i dont no anything about programming but i am a fast learner i built my first computer from the ground up when i was 12 years old is there anything i could learn that would help with the developing also i dont know know if anyone here likes miui it would be great if we could get that on our thrill thanks love to hear from you
I might need some testers for pre release but that wont be for a while. Progress is coming along nicely though I will post some screenshots and a little bit more info once I get further. Right now I'm not happy with it enough to release any shots because things will be changing. Still not sure which kernel i am going to use nor am I sure of the theme right now looks kind of shoddy.
And just so you know, I have a lot going on so progress on my rom is slow things will be a little less hectic in the next week so things will really pick up then.
Urabewe said:
I might need some testers for pre release but that wont be for a while. Progress is coming along nicely though I will post some screenshots and a little bit more info once I get further. Right now I'm not happy with it enough to release any shots because things will be changing. Still not sure which kernel i am going to use nor am I sure of the theme right now looks kind of shoddy.
And just so you know, I have a lot going on so progress on my rom is slow things will be a little less hectic in the next week so things will really pick up then.
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glad to see somebody stepping up to the plate to develop a new rom...
i am a really good graphic designer so if you need any help theming let me know... i can throw a nice framework-res together for ya.. just let me know what style you are going for... or i can pitch my own ideas..
im definetly also willing to test... if something goes wrong i can use adb well and fix it.. im not a noob so you dont gotta worry bout that.. lol
I'm looking forward to it. Too bad I can't figure out how to flash my CWM Screen correctly.
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I'm looking forward to it. Too bad I can't figure out how to flash my CWM Screen correctly.
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what do you mean CWM Screen?
Well things are picking up now. I have added some extra tweaks to not just the build.prop but a few other places as well. Not getting too involved in this because GB is coming soon so this is just for fun and to improve our phone while we wait. Trekfan will hopefully be designing a nice theme/ui so thank him as well he hasnt actually agreed but I think from his offer in his last post its safe to say he will.
Lastly I think there will be a name change...
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Well things are picking up now. I have added some extra tweaks to not just the build.prop but a few other places as well. Not getting too involved in this because GB is coming soon so this is just for fun and to improve our phone while we wait. Trekfan will hopefully be designing a nice theme/ui so thank him as well he hasnt actually agreed but I think from his offer in his last post its safe to say he will.
Lastly I think there will be a name change...
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I can test this ROM if you need. As long as it doesn't brick my phone lol
Well here's some screens of certain parts, pay no attention to the status bar I haven't really messed with that yet, like I said things are going slow but will pick up soon.
The first shot is of the dialer which I'm going to make all the buttons like #5 and smooth out the graphics and make them look much better.
Second shot is of the pop-up windows green glow border and orange load circle. This will also be changing in the future.
Third shot is just something stupid, changed the lock pattern circles to little android guys.
I have also edited the messaging app and will be doing much more once I get a few days of free time.
Name changed to Doomed Froyo
I cant wait to try it. Sounds like a good ROM. Got to give props to the developers for taking time developing apps for the Thrill.
Looks great, but the five button does look sort of ugly IMO, otherwise amazing job.
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Looks great, but the five button does look sort of ugly IMO, otherwise amazing job.
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lol yeah it's just an example of what it's going to look like, I have to clean up the graphics and give them soft edges and what not
Oh and if Trekfan is making a theme then things are going to probably look completely different still haven't heard anything yet. I am really waiting to see if that's going to happen so I have an idea of a color scheme, I am very particular to the green and orange though... something about green orange and black they go together so well in my eyes.
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lol yeah it's just an example of what it's going to look like, I have to clean up the graphics and give them soft edges and what not
Oh and if Trekfan is making a theme then things are going to probably look completely different still haven't heard anything yet. I am really waiting to see if that's going to happen so I have an idea of a color scheme, I am very particular to the green and orange though... something about green orange and black they go together so well in my eyes.
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I'm in... lol, check your pm...
Sent from my LG Thrill 4G...
WooHoo thanks to Trekfan for putting together a very nice framework, it isn't quite done yet but what is there is looking very fancy!
Things that have been done:
Speed Tweaks
Memory Management Tweaks
Camera/Video Tweaks (Still working on some settings)
GPS Tweaks
DNS Tweaks
Ads Blocked with Host file
+ More
Things to do:
Add Wallpapers/Ringtones/Notification tones/Fonts +extras
Add extra apps (cpu master/XDA forum app + others)
Update Apps to newest versions
Finish framework theme (THANKS A TON TO TREKFAN)
Remove any bloat (always last thing for me to do....)
Finish altering contacts.apk, mms.apk and lghome.apk (coming along slowly I have been neglecting other things working on this stuff lol this may wait until the full release after beta)
There are many more things that will be done, screenshots of the INCOMPLETE theme will be coming today and hopefully we can have an official beta release this weekend. I hope everyone enjoys this ROM as it is meant to not only enhance our devices but also give everyone a bit of variety as the development on this phone is pretty stale. One thing that I hope to do is release flashable "themes" or frameworks so once you download the ROM you can then just download and flash .zips in CWM and have a variety of looks.
Another big THANK YOU goes out to gtg and all his work on the Thriller ROM and all the other guys over on the O3D forum keep up the good work everyone.
1. Screenshot of the plain desktop, things will be changing like the default wallpaper and the look of the launcher will be changed on post beta release.
2. Shot of the pulldown notification area.
3. Shot of the new check boxes, buttons have been changed as well.
4. Shot of the toasts, pop-ups, you can see the loading wheel in the top right and a bit more.
Things here and there may change, also the battery indicator goes from blue (full) to green to orange to yellow to red (low) there has been a lot more changed besides what you see so everyone thank Trekfan for all his hard work putting this together. THANKS TREK
Also, once this is released it will be in the Development section as of right now this is just general stuff that's why I posted it here, if the mods wish to move this thread to Development so be it and I will just update first.
For those of us who have bought the xda premium app... The one in the rom doesnt uninstall properly... Pain in the butt.. Haha just sayin... Yeah I need to fix acouple of things in the theme... I got a few inconsistincies... Will work on it tomorrow morning and afternoon... And will upload, with some new screenshots
Sent from my LG Thrill 4G...
Hey android lovers,
I'm in a difficult situation so I hope some one can please help me and being clear to me because my adhd. thanks in advance already.
I'm 23 years old and I'm having a iPhone since my 17th and since my 18th I'm into jailbreak, hacken, designing etc etc. and my best friend really likes what I do.
So I really want to design something for her, not huge. I was thinking about something awesome.
I think it would be fun to make 2 different styles of icons. Because android have '2 springboards'. I don't want to make her confused or something so I want to stay also colorful at the 'first' springboard and the 'second' a little bit how I like and that's usually dark background, wallpaper and colorful effects in the icon self.
But before I'm talking more about my really exciting feelings for that because I have so many new ideas because the difference between apple and android. I need to get to the point. I really don't know nothing about android, the development or what kind of designs already exsist, so sorry if my idea is old ;p I don't hate android at all, but ya, I know how to call with it. I am googling now for 3 hours maybe more to know if there is a way to install or convert .deb to a android. I have seen launchers to install iOS themes and tweaks. I know android is a open source so is there a way if I make the icons for her, that she can download it and activate in her launcher? Or, a other way to convert it? I don't want to look stupid here or something. I know android works different but for sure more options than Apple without jailbreak.
So I hope anyone can tell me if its possble, I can work with Debian and Windows only. And if it's possible but maybe 'hard' to make it android proof. I will read everything on Internet and learn from it. I know I can make my best friend happy with it.
Thanks,
Sandra
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Hey android lovers,
I'm in a difficult situation so I hope some one can please help me and being clear to me because my adhd. thanks in advance already.
I'm 23 years old and I'm having a iPhone since my 17th and since my 18th I'm into jailbreak, hacken, designing etc etc. and my best friend really likes what I do.
So I really want to design something for her, not huge. I was thinking about something awesome.
I think it would be fun to make 2 different styles of icons. Because android have '2 springboards'. I don't want to make her confused or something so I want to stay also colorful at the 'first' springboard and the 'second' a little bit how I like and that's usually dark background, wallpaper and colorful effects in the icon self.
But before I'm talking more about my really exciting feelings for that because I have so many new ideas because the difference between apple and android. I need to get to the point. I really don't know nothing about android, the development or what kind of designs already exsist, so sorry if my idea is old ;p I don't hate android at all, but ya, I know how to call with it. I am googling now for 3 hours maybe more to know if there is a way to install or convert .deb to a android. I have seen launchers to install iOS themes and tweaks. I know android is a open source so is there a way if I make the icons for her, that she can download it and activate in her launcher? Or, a other way to convert it? I don't want to look stupid here or something. I know android works different but for sure more options than Apple without jailbreak.
So I hope anyone can tell me if its possble, I can work with Debian and Windows only. And if it's possible but maybe 'hard' to make it android proof. I will read everything on Internet and learn from it. I know I can make my best friend happy with it.
Thanks,
Sandra
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here is a good starter to read on android, it is a bit old, but has several guilds section F. would help you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281656
and here is a small one for lollipop / marshmellow http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/guide-t2978121