So I've been trying to figure out how to make a dream a reality when it comes to phone functionality.
I would greatly appreciate any help given in creating this vision. I want to try to make an interface for my rooted Nexus 6 that's functional and informative. Here's something I whipped together. No tweaks yet, but I'll probably build on it.
imgur.com/5WgKCMT
I also like to have quick access to web searches but I didn't know where to implement that.
This is kind of inspired by the Windows style launchers in the Play Store, but I tried a couple and they were ****e.
Any ideas would be great! Thanks in advance.
TheCoryGuy said:
So I've been trying to figure out how to make a dream a reality when it comes to phone functionality.
I would greatly appreciate any help given in creating this vision. I want to try to make an interface for my rooted Nexus 6 that's functional and informative. Here's something I whipped together. No tweaks yet, but I'll probably build on it.
imgur.com/5WgKCMT
I also like to have quick access to web searches but I didn't know where to implement that.
This is kind of inspired by the Windows style launchers in the Play Store, but I tried a couple and they were ****e.
Any ideas would be great! Thanks in advance.
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You might find that using UCCW or KWLP will be your best option. Look into them.
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I love the new ROM as I'm sure a lot of people do, I just want the sense ui feel. If this is possible, or your working on it right now, please let me know. Thanks in advance!
you could download the home replacement panda hero! its as close to sense ui you can get without actually using a hero rom
I actually tried the Panda Home Hero home replacement, and it looked pretty good, except for the little bit of text at the bottom that reads "Light Version" or something to that effect. Is there any way to remove that, or am I just being hopeful? I don't really feel like paying for a paid version, especially now that Cyan's been able to get past the whole video thing, developers of Sense roms will hopefully be able to start producing roms with working video cameras. Just my opinion.
will4958 said:
I actually tried the Panda Home Hero home replacement, and it looked pretty good, except for the little bit of text at the bottom that reads "Light Version" or something to that effect. Is there any way to remove that, or am I just being hopeful? I don't really feel like paying for a paid version, especially now that Cyan's been able to get past the whole video thing, developers of Sense roms will hopefully be able to start producing roms with working video cameras. Just my opinion.
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If you really look around the web, you can find websites that have the paid apk file for panda hero. I would post the file here, but I don't want to get banned, The only problem I have with panda is that it doesn't change your status bar, nor icons to match sense ui. I think someone made an espresso theme, I will check it out....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636245
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622087
It was 2 posts above yours. For the love of Christ, please search first.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622087
It was 2 posts above yours. For the love of Christ, please search first.
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Did you take the time out to read the post prior to yours??? I already found a much better theme then the one you posted. Clearly I'm not the only one who doesn't take the time out to read. Gotta love these xda know it all smart asses...
bahnburner said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622087
It was 2 posts above yours. For the love of Christ, please search first.
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SG_Shadow said:
Did you take the time out to read the post prior to yours??? I already found a much better theme then the one you posted. Clearly I'm not the only one who doesn't take the time out to read. Gotta love these xda know it all smart asses...
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his reply being a smart ass post = yes. your suggestion of a better theme= no.
the one he suggested has a beta 2 theme. just my $0.02USD
jsp254 said:
his reply being a smart ass post = yes. your suggestion of a better theme= no.
the one he suggested has a beta 2 theme. just my $0.02USD
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It is a little bit better, but I was hoping for a the hero version, not the espresso kind. All the sky blue and pink colors is annoying after a while. I guess beggars can't be choosers...
I've had my hero for a year, i've rooted and had numerous roms installed, but never had a very cool screen. i've really just had the basic screen, just changed wallpapers. i've looked on "post your screenshots" and there were some awesome screens. They didn't really go into great detail on how they got it to look like that. if somebody could give me some tips or just point me in the right direction, that would be great.
I'm in the same boat.... Just found out Sprint changed their upgrade policies so I'm stuck with my Hero for another year and just started playing with different themes. It gets really confusing, but if you go to the Hero Theme pages there are a lot of things you can try. Just make sure you have a good nandroid to flash back to if things go wrong, and read, read, and read some more until you understand the instructions. The Skulls & Dragon Themes were pretty easy to use....forgot which post # it was.
Skulls, Dragons, and Black theme can all be found at this thread.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981757
quik_joe said:
I've had my hero for a year, i've rooted and had numerous roms installed, but never had a very cool screen. i've really just had the basic screen, just changed wallpapers. i've looked on "post your screenshots" and there were some awesome screens. They didn't really go into great detail on how they got it to look like that. if somebody could give me some tips or just point me in the right direction, that would be great.
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Most of the time if you QUOTE the SS, and ask the poster what setup they have, they will most likely tell you.
Alot of it relies on using a different launcher, namely launcher pro, adw launcher, or go launcher. Then you download lots of different apps like minimalistic text, desktop Visualizer, simi clock and lots of other stuff that give you lots of ways to customize your screen.
Like stated above, go to the screenshot thread find a look you like and try and imitate it. If the original author didn't say what he used, quote the post and ask if anyone can tell you. Most people who customize a lot can tell exactly what programs someone else is using.
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Thanks for all the info. I'm going to try some stuff out tonight. I'm using adw launcher ex right now.
Hi Im not that big in the Android community yet but I just wanted to tell you guys I am working on a Launcher for Windows 8 with built in windows 8 style applications and layout. For all you non-tablet users I highly suggest sticking with your oun launcher because this is desgined for tabs. If you want anything in this let me know and post a list. Also anyone who wants me to add their tiles I will gladly do so for I am running out. I will be posting screenshots as I build it too. Thanks!
Heres the one screenshot I got really fast that I took with my phone. Ill get a better one up later tonight possably. I would also appreciate people leaving suggestions and items for me to put in it.
There is also a theme version of this im making for ADW Launcher. Comment if you want me to make one for your launcher. I am also going to release some more photos latter of my progress. If theres anything you want me to add or change just leave a comment, they are much appreciated thanks!
This looks great! ,
If only you made one for phones...
If I get more requests for a phone version I can scale it down and change the layouts a bit and make it for smaller screens. Im posting more screenshots of the tablet version tonight.
Hey guys and girls, i am new here but i wanted to post because i couldn't find anything on what direction i need to go in, here is what I want to do. I have a nexus 6 and I want the older moto X or moto E look, like the signal bars and the full icon setup wrapped in a rom based off older android or even kitkat but i want the original lockscreen I will post a picture of what I'm trying to do. Keep in mind i am new and have no clue where to start. I can dual boot my machine with Ubuntu or other flavor of linux if need be. Any information in the right direction would be great. Also just a heavy themed rom of lollipop would work but i hate aftermarket launchers.
To get this you will only be looking at theming. No drivers exist for this device that support the n6. Not impossible but would take a lot of development work that no-one would be willing to do.
After market launcher will be the only way to get that home screen
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To get this you will only be looking at theming. No drivers exist for this device that support the n6. Not impossible but would take a lot of development work that no-one would be willing to do.
After market launcher will be the only way to get that home screen
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well i will look at tutorials because all i have is time and if it takes me a while then so be it. I hate that motorola went away to this new theme, i really was thinkin i was getting a theme like you see there except the signal bars being white. thanks for that update
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well i will look at tutorials because all i have is time and if it takes me a while then so be it. I hate that motorola went away to this new theme, i really was thinkin i was getting a theme like you see there except the signal bars being white. thanks for that update
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You're not really going to find a good tutorial on how to build legacy ROMs for a new device. Not to be funny, but the only asset that will help with this is a huge amount of android development experience to get a fully working legacy ROM. Probably more experience than most people at XDA have here. Its really a job for an expert.
This "theme" is all Google, nothing to do with Motorola. We have pure android and this is what it looks like. If you want to theme status bar icons, look into xposed modules. Surely some can do that for you.
rootSU said:
You're not really going to find a good tutorial on how to build legacy ROMs for a new device. Not to be funny, but the only asset that will help with this is a huge amount of android development experience to get a fully working legacy ROM. Probably more experience than most people at XDA have here. Its really a job for an expert.
This "theme" is all Google, nothing to do with Motorola. We have pure android and this is what it looks like. If you want to theme status bar icons, look into xposed modules. Surely some can do that for you.
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I got ya thanks
This will work on any rom except AOSP and CM12. I'm posting this now so you can get rid of that stock UI, I'm doing about 3 more apk's then a much more formal posting will be put up.
I also themed the HTC 9 camera that is available, the M9 has many more features, and takes much better pics than the Google camera. A seperate link will be posted below. I did not create the Zip,and i take no credit for it's creation, I just themed it. I don't want donations, but if you can HIT THE THANKS BUTTON I would really appreciate it.
If you allow app updates for any of the themed apk's it will untheme that apk, so uninstall updates for that particular app and the theme will return, i've done lot's of app updates, and hardly ever do I notice a difference in the app.
I completely revamped this on July 26. Colors are better blended, and took out some of the Gold, and removed some red. Hope you try it out, you will be impressed Also, make sure that your main Google app is updated or it will FC after flash
Themed M9 Camera.
Framework
Contacts
Calculator
System UI
Dialer
Settings
Calendar.
Flash in recovery, reboot and enjoy.
Download Link for M9 Camera: http://d-h.st/8BRf
Link for both odex and deodex: http://d-h.st/z1IC
More APK's and a more formal post to come in a couple days. Attention to detail was a constant in making this, and it looks great on the phone. Hope you enjoy.
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This will liven up your phone considerably
will you make other themes?
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Eventually yes, this one took almost 3 weeks so I need to recover a bit before I start another one. I just got calendar done and it looks awesome, I will post that tonight or tommorow morning
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Check it out
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Any thoughts anyone?
musicman625 said:
Any thoughts anyone?
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My honest thoughts: it's ugly and I wish you'd stop bumping the thread.
Sent from my Chroma-powered Nexus 6
Ryjabo said:
My honest thoughts: it's ugly and I wish you'd stop bumping the thread.
Sent from my Chroma-powered Nexus 6
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After some good color theory reading by musicman his next theme will look like nice Not all of us are amazing with color:good::silly:
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Ryjabo said:
My honest thoughts: it's ugly and I wish you'd stop bumping the thread.
Sent from my Chroma-powered Nexus 6
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Let me see you make a theme if this one is that distasteful. you cant because you don't know how
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Give him a chance its his first time on gpe comming from sense 6 so huge differences....:good::silly:
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I don't see what difficulty / learning curve has to do with color scheme.
musicman625 said:
Let me see you make a theme if this one is that distasteful. you cant because you don't know how
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What does me not liking your theme have to do with my theme making ability (or lack thereof)? Next you'll tell me that I can't say "Nickelback sucks" because I can't play guitar.
You asked for thoughts... so I shared mine. If you're going to create things and ask for feedback, you shouldn't get your feelings hurt so easily.
Sent from my Chroma-powered Nexus 6
I must agree with Ryjabo here. This is just constructive criticism coming from another graphical designer, but the color scheme is horrendous.
I do see the work you put in and everything you have themed and you have amazing potential to create amazing themes, just work on the color scheme to make it something elegant. This is an elegant device, the theming should represent and complement that designing style.
Look at other themes posted both on here and the Play Store to get some coloring ideas. Don't copy those themes, just use them as a base for your own creation.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app
ummm....
protip 1: avoid mixing blue and red [emoji14]
and avoid mustard color altogether
Thanks for sharing though, you have potential as a themer and with enough practice (and less contrasts in your color schemes) you could end up making some nice looking work [emoji106]
Musicman may not be a professional designer, but as graphic artists.... We should lend suggestions or constructive criticism to help him as he makes his way into the material based GPE rather then just calling it ugly. As @DarK_DemoN stated he has potential he knows how to use VTS and work his way through the xml, its just getting the color scheme down.
Is cyanide 5.1.1 ROM deodex or odex ROM? Trying to figure out which theme link I need to flash
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Check it out
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Everything is so subjective when trying to determine what colors to use, what 5 people hate, 5 more people may really like so in a way picking out the proper colors is tough. If people took the time to flash it they may like it, a few screenshots can't paint the whole picture.
I don't mind at all constructive criticism, but to bark out "it's ugly" I must admit set me off a bit. LP was very hard to theme, and a great deal of time was put into that and I realize not everyone is going to like it.
Thank you for the input
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Everything is so subjective when trying to determine what colors to use, what 5 people hate, 5 more people may really like so in a way picking out the proper colors is tough. If people took the time to flash it they may like it, a few screenshots can't paint the whole picture.
I don't mind at all constructive criticism, but to bark out "it's ugly" I must admit set me off a bit. LP was very hard to theme, and a great deal of time was put into that and I realize not everyone is going to like it.
Thank you for the input
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you should get suggestions from users
musicman625 said:
Everything is so subjective when trying to determine what colors to use, what 5 people hate, 5 more people may really like so in a way picking out the proper colors is tough. If people took the time to flash it they may like it, a few screenshots can't paint the whole picture.
I don't mind at all constructive criticism, but to bark out "it's ugly" I must admit set me off a bit. LP was very hard to theme, and a great deal of time was put into that and I realize not everyone is going to like it.
Thank you for the input
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Do the colors you like and if someone wants to use your theme they will. I applaud you for theming LP. Nice work.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
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treIII said:
Do the colors you like and if someone wants to use your theme they will. I applaud you for theming LP. Nice work.
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Thanks, much appreciated
I was just flipping through here to see if I could locate a theme for stock rom. Ha. Tks bud!! Gonna give it a go!
Update after flash: I'm on stock LMY47Z light rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3059493 and dialer and settings fc won't allow me to access them..theme looks awesome though!!
Using the odex theme as rom I'm on is odexed..