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[Q] Getting started on making themes.

Clicking the wiki just now gave me a 404 error and the sticky is a bit long and just a bit outdated in terms of the links.
What programs, apps, vids, etc do I need in order to make themes?
I have been flashing themes left and right and each have their goods and bads. The biggest bad is there doesn't seem to be a well done red theme which I would like to do. I have tried enamored but the notification icons kill it for me.
So again, are there any up to date tutorials on making themes? Thanks in advance for any help.

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lovethyEVO said:
Clicking the wiki just now gave me a 404 error and the sticky is a bit long and just a bit outdated in terms of the links.
What programs, apps, vids, etc do I need in order to make themes?
I have been flashing themes left and right and each have their goods and bads. The biggest bad is there doesn't seem to be a well done red theme which I would like to do. I have tried enamored but the notification icons kill it for me.
So again, are there any up to date tutorials on making themes? Thanks in advance for any help.
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shanesol said:
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heres the How to
An apk is really just a zip file... apk stands for android package (if i remember correctly). So treat it like a standard zip file.
Youll need a pint program to make changes I use gimp its free so get it here
TIP: Your first theme should really just be a mixing and matching of other themes to get use to the process.
TIP: d/l and look at other themes and see what the have done, using the same process below you can port and mash themes. To see what is themed go to the res/drawable-xxx folders and sorte the png's in there to newest at the top and you'll see what they have changed.
TIP: system/app/xxx.apk are where most apps that are themed are contained in these apks you'll find a res folder and in there you have a bunch of folders. you really on need to look in the drawable-xxx ones mdpi, no-dpi, land and so forth. these pngs make up the apps look and feel changing them will theme the app.
You'll need apk manager this will allow you to sign zips which makes them flashable. get that here
Now get your favorite Rom and make a folder. In that folder make 2 folders one called packed the other called packed. Take your rom and unzip it in the unpacked folder. and then take the original zip and move it to the packed folder.
Next go into the unpacked folder and nav to system/framework.framework-res.apk (this holds the bulk of the android png that make up all the stuff most people change to make a theme) take this apk and unzip it in this folder and then make a copy of the apk and move the copy to the packed folder.
Now when you want to make a change to the framework-res.apk use the unpacked as a reference. us the packed as the change dir, you do this by opening but not unzipping the apk you want to change and just dragging the files you are replacing into the apk, this will replace them. You might want to make a a 3rd folder sorta of a master copy if you ever mess up the packed roms. Remember that in all three of the dirs created you want to keep the dir structure the way you extracted it from the rom and theme.
Now that you have an altered framework-res.apk you can just push it to system/framework folder (i think) and reboot and your changes are in. I never do this since flashable is easier to manage I make a flashable.
A flashable is like a rom but allot smaller, so d/l one of my themes and take the zip file and place in in a folder next to the packed and unpacked folder call it something like staging. now unzip apk manager into the top dir next to 4 other folders you just made.
Now my theme zip can be renamed to whatever you want, your going to use it as a place holder for signing flashable zips. go into the theme zip and delete ever thing in the system folder except the framework folder then go into the frame work folder and delete everything, if you have apps your theming just make the system/app.
Your flashable zip folder should only have a a meta-inf folder and a system folder, the system folder should only have a framework and or app folders. Now drag your altered framework-res.apk into the flashable zip system/framework folder you just cleaned out.
Ok now you have to sign it, copy that flashable zip to the place-apk-here-for-signing folder, this should have shown up when you unzipped apk manager into the folder the also contains unpacked and packed folders.
Now click on the script.bat and you'll see a bunch of option you can do option 16 to sign your zip. it takes a second or two and the date should get updated on the flashable.zip file in the place-apk-here-for-signing folder.
Now you have your new them ready to install. if your changing something else find the apk and replace framework-res.apk in these instruction and it works the same. note that most app reside in system/app so you next to take that into account.
Keep the questions reasonable and I'll answer then.

Thanks simmons. For the most part I have been doing the open apk without extracting and replacing png files. The one thing that I cant seem to get is changing the battery icon...it never sticks. Anyways, do the themes always have to be signed? I know amon 1.8 can flash unsigned zips but do the themes have to be signed always? I will be taking my laptop to work tonight to practice what you outlined. Thanks again.
EDIT: I noticed some themes have com.htc.resources.apk alongside framework res and some have services.jar. What are these for?

No they don't have to be signed but people will complain cause most people don't have the eng spl, it all so protects you from flashing bad stuff. If your only changing the standard 5 battery icons thus method always works.
The services.jar usually room specific and changes things like lock screen behavior mixes These with other roms will cause boot loops be careful.
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Simmons thanks for answering so far.
My last question is to theme the entire phone is it basically the resources, framework, and services.jar files that need to be edited? I understand the apps would be themed themselves and then just included as part of the zip file right?

lovethyEVO said:
Simmons thanks for answering so far.
My last question is to theme the entire phone is it basically the resources, framework, and services.jar files that need to be edited? I understand the apps would be themed themselves and then just included as part of the zip file right?
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well the service.jar is compiled and therefore can't necessarily be themed you can't hack it or mod it by decompling it or you can change it by compiling changes you made from source but for the sake of normal themes its not needed.
as for the resources I assume your referring to the resources.arsc which is basically a set of compiled xml files. In here it where you can change stuff like how many pngs are associated with the battery status icons (think of circle batter mod which has one icon per percentage instead of the 0 10 20 40 60 80 100 ? icons in the normal aosp rom) changing this can be done with the apk manage by decompiling the framework-res.zpk, making the change and compiling back. but I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner.
The problem with the above is you take the chance of the theme not be cross-rom compatible. For you normal theme all you need to change are the pngs in the res folder of the framework-apk, however somethings like the launcher or the dialer still reside in the app folder and have there own apk.
Oh and I have no question limit.

ASimmons said:
well the service.jar is compiled and therefore can't necessarily be themed you can't hack it or mod it by decompling it or you can change it by compiling changes you made from source but for the sake of normal themes its not needed.
as for the resources I assume your referring to the resources.arsc which is basically a set of compiled xml files. In here it where you can change stuff like how many pngs are associated with the battery status icons (think of circle batter mod which has one icon per percentage instead of the 0 10 20 40 60 80 100 ? icons in the normal aosp rom) changing this can be done with the apk manage by decompiling the framework-res.zpk, making the change and compiling back. but I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner.
The problem with the above is you take the chance of the theme not be cross-rom compatible. For you normal theme all you need to change are the pngs in the res folder of the framework-apk, however somethings like the launcher or the dialer still reside in the app folder and have there own apk.
Oh and I have no question limit.
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Simmons, thank you very much. Every answer you give is clearing things up more and more for me. I have decompiled a frameworkres before when I was trying to get the circle batt mod onto the odex stock rom so I am not too unawares there. What I want to do is theme the colors on anything and everything along with making the transparent windows such as when you confirm actions and the transparent notification pull down. Are these really accomplished with simply changing the pngs or do I have to edit the xml files? If I must edit the xml files, are there key files to edit or would editing one xml affect another?

lovethyEVO said:
Simmons, thank you very much. Every answer you give is clearing things up more and more for me. I have decompiled a frameworkres before when I was trying to get the circle batt mod onto the odex stock rom so I am not too unawares there. What I want to do is theme the colors on anything and everything along with making the transparent windows such as when you confirm actions and the transparent notification pull down. Are these really accomplished with simply changing the pngs or do I have to edit the xml files? If I must edit the xml files, are there key files to edit or would editing one xml affect another?
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The xml files really just hold names for the pngs. So for example the pngs for the battery have there names store in the xml (cant remember off hand which one of the decompiled xml from the resource.arsc.. strings??) file and then as the value value next to that filename for what percent to show that specific png at.
But 95% of your theming only involves changing the png files. So to have a clear notification back ground look in the framework-res.apk/res/drawable-mdpi/status_bar_background.png or you want to change the button to unlock your phone framework-res.apk/res/ic_jog_dial_unlock.png or to change the status bar framework-res.apk/res/statusbar_background.9.png
TIP: if you see a png with 9 in the name like xxxx.9.png its basically a stretchable png where the side that you want stechable has a one pixel wide line running the length of the png as a border this tells android that the png should stretch that side until it fills the screen.
9 patch explanation

So aside from editing the xmls for the battery percent everything is just replacong pngs? Thats awesome.
When it comes to apps like the internet browser for example, where would I find the apk? I'm assuming theming the apps is just like themeing the phone in that I just replace the .pngs right? Again your answers are very much appreciated and definitely making things seem easier. Thanks.

Hiya all.
I'm a noob at this too and I want to change the icons of some of the apps installed on my phone and theme a couple of widgets that am using. I have two questions:
1) In the system/app folder of the phone almost all the apps have a xxx.apk and a xxx.odex file. In order to change the png files in the apk does something need to be done with the odex file too?
2) Can I change the png files in the apk files in data/app the way you described above?
Sorry if the questions are noobish
From my Galaxy S loonie-phone

lovethyEVO said:
So aside from editing the xmls for the battery percent everything is just replacong pngs? Thats awesome.
When it comes to apps like the internet browser for example, where would I find the apk? I'm assuming theming the apps is just like themeing the phone in that I just replace the .pngs right? Again your answers are very much appreciated and definitely making things seem easier. Thanks.
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To theme the browser you can alter the Browser.apk in the system/app and using the direction I posted it works the same way.
And if you make a theme pm me so I can check it out.

Fireloon said:
Hiya all.
I'm a noob at this too and I want to change the icons of some of the apps installed on my phone and theme a couple of widgets that am using. I have two questions:
1) In the system/app folder of the phone almost all the apps have a xxx.apk and a xxx.odex file. In order to change the png files in the apk does something need to be done with the odex file too?
2) Can I change the png files in the apk files in data/app the way you described above?
Sorry if the questions are noobish
From my Galaxy S loonie-phone
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1. My theming expertise is more with AOSP roms but its my understanding that you should be able to theme a sense rom in the same way by de-odexing a rom. And yes any and all apps are themable if it has a png files in it you can unpack it alter the png's and put them back in the original apk, which overwrites the original png's and resign it and then flash or reinstall it.
2. Yes you can. any and all apks can be themed in the manner I described. for odexed roms search the forum for de-odexing techniques.

Thx for the answer. I'll search about deodexing
From my Galaxy S loonie-phone

Thanks for all the great tips I just got finished porting a theme thanks to all the help!

shanesol said:
Thanks for all the great tips I just got finished porting a theme thanks to all the help!
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awesome pm some screenies or the op here I'd like to check it out.

ASimmons said:
awesome pm some screenies or the op here I'd like to check it out.
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It's a simple black/white matte theme called Invertnito. It was made for Sapphire but I like CM too much to give it up lol

ASimmons said:
awesome pm some screenies or the op here I'd like to check it out.
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Looking to have some sort of base by this weekend. I have just been mix/matching pngs I like from other themes as well as trying to make my own pngs and figuring out the transparency/borders effect. Taking my time but still want to come out with something for critique.

shanesol said:
It's a simple black/white matte theme called Invertnito. It was made for Sapphire but I like CM too much to give it up lol
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Nice Job.
lovethyEVO said:
Looking to have some sort of base by this weekend. I have just been mix/matching pngs I like from other themes as well as trying to make my own pngs and figuring out the transparency/borders effect. Taking my time but still want to come out with something for critique.
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Well I'm not much of a critiquer since most of the themeing stuff I've done doesn't go over so well around here (I dont like dark colors, black, dark blue blah blah) really its up to what you like, I made a couple of themes based on what I liked and left it at that. But I'll be glad to look at it and dont forget to make sure that if you use some elses stuff you give them there props in your ops and pm them a warning you going to use it, unless they specify different this is all you should need to do..

ASimmons said:
Nice Job.
Well I'm not much of a critiquer since most of the themeing stuff I've done doesn't go over so well around here (I dont like dark colors, black, dark blue blah blah) really its up to what you like, I made a couple of themes based on what I liked and left it at that. But I'll be glad to look at it and dont forget to make sure that if you use some elses stuff you give them there props in your ops and pm them a warning you going to use it, unless they specify different this is all you should need to do..
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Definately making note of whose work I use. Though it's kind of hard because my favorite notification icons I have seen in two diff themes and neither one of them mention who was the artist for them. But still keeping at it. And like you I dont care about dark colors unless its used to contrast the main theme color. I'm working on a red theme and there will be some parts that will have a darkish background to help the red border colors and/or text pop more. In time though. Your first post here was definitely a great shove in the right direction.

[Q] How to mod framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk

Hi guys,
Wondering if someone can give me some clear directions how to add battery icons (knowing that the resource IDs of the images are not stored in public.xml - it doesn't exist in samsung's framework-res.apk) and how can I change text colors (basically replace black with white and vice versa) and where should I change these values.
Thanks a lot!

Common themers, I know you know, you just don't wanna share
Joking I would really like to start themeing as well and these are the only 2 issues that I have at the moment.

icezar1 said:
Common themers, I know you know, you just don't wanna share
Joking I would really like to start themeing as well and these are the only 2 issues that I have at the moment.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724778
Get apk manger.I'm trying to do this too.

Hm, I did, I de-compiled the apk but did not want to compile back. Probably the images are not Draw 9-patch-ed. However, I still need to find out how to change the text color...

icezar1 said:
Hm, I did, I de-compiled the apk but did not want to compile back. Probably the images are not Draw 9-patch-ed. However, I still need to find out how to change the text color...
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find you find out before keep me updated, and i'll do the same.

icezar1 said:
Hi guys,
Wondering if someone can give me some clear directions how to add battery icons (knowing that the resource IDs of the images are not stored in public.xml - it doesn't exist in samsung's framework-res.apk) and how can I change text colors (basically replace black with white and vice versa) and where should I change these values.
Thanks a lot!
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You can change the battery icons in the framework-res.apk [look in the res/drawable hdpi/stat_sys_battery_x.png
and to change the text color: I was trying to figure that one out last week....From what I figured out you need to modify:
res/layout/status_bar_latest_event_content.xml
Which is found in your framework-res.apk aswell....Decomplie-edit-recomplie....
Good luck

what program are you using to edit your xml's?

chaosjh said:
what program are you using to edit your xml's?
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apk_manager_4.9 to decomplie-recomplie. Then use notepad to edit

i change icons and stuff in framework by just using 7zip. No need to decompile or sign, or any of that. Super easy. Not sure about changing text color, tho.

If your just wanting to do simple changes (no .xml edits)
You can use WinRar to open the framework-res.apk and find the *.png's you want to replace.
Then copy/paste the new images over the old ones inside of WinRar.
Close.. and install.
But thats for quick and dirty changes. For more intricate stuff - animations etc. that require *.xml edits - do what the above folks say

No way..
OK, just decompiled-added icons from other decompiled framework-recompiled, no xml edits-installed. Look is changed, battery icons now displaying fine but... force closes and restarts the shell in less than 20 secs...

yup try the winrar method - there is no decompiling.. just copies the images into the *.apk
And shouldn't have any FC's if you try that method.

avgjoegeek said:
If your just wanting to do simple changes (no .xml edits)
You can use WinRar to open the framework-res.apk and find the *.png's you want to replace.
Then copy/paste the new images over the old ones inside of WinRar.
Close.. and install.
But thats for quick and dirty changes. For more intricate stuff - animations etc. that require *.xml edits - do what the above folks say
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Yeah i changed icon with winRar, and all kinds of crazy stuff happed. Loop boots,and Fc

Have you guys figured out the text color yet? If you haven't let me know what text you're trying to change and I'll write something up in a few hours when I get off work.
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fritzgerald said:
Have you guys figured out the text color yet? If you haven't let me know what text you're trying to change and I'll write something up in a few hours when I get off work.
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i have tried for to days now to get these android faces icon for the battery.I've use winRar and it worked good for a few hours, but when i used cwm to backup my system on reboot it boot loop. I got apk manger and everytime I try to compile the apk there is a error.Oh changing the text color would be cool too!

dfuse06 said:
i have tried for to days now to get these android faces icon for the battery.I've use winRar and it worked good for a few hours, but when i used cwm to backup my system on reboot it boot loop. I got apk manger and everytime I try to compile the apk there is a error.Oh changing the text color would be cool too!
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Shoot me a link to the icons you're trying to use. What ROM are you using(name & version). What text are you looking to change? There's not one global change to make all the text different I'll need to know what specifically you're trying to change.

I use the uot kitchen you get the icon on perception 7,but im on 8 now. I'm running perception 7 darknees 2.3 theme, and that is what i'm trying to get the icons on its the battery icon of the android smiley faces it is version j with white numbers. i'm going to look for a link for them.i have the framwork-res.apk with them in it.

When you recompile with APK Manager, a couple of things are very important to do:
1. Hit yes to "system app".
2. Hit yes to restoring the files:
-Open the "keep" folder and delete resources.arsc. Then delete anything you changed (if it's there).
3. Do NOT sign it.
It should work.

PuffinNugz said:
i change icons and stuff in framework by just using 7zip. No need to decompile or sign, or any of that. Super easy. Not sure about changing text color, tho.
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Do you just individually edit each icon? Cause I can't find a way to copy in a folder. I'm pulling the icons from the 2.3 framework, but i just want to copy over the drawable folders for now.

TheEscapist said:
Do you just individually edit each icon? Cause I can't find a way to copy in a folder. I'm pulling the icons from the 2.3 framework, but i just want to copy over the drawable folders for now.
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I just dragged the images from a particular themes framework and dropped them to the new one all within 7zip.

[06Feb2014][APP][Quantum Themer]Theme Chooser for Stock(Based) ROMs

Hi all!
Are you making a ROM? Want users to switch between Themes without downloading tons of zips and flashing them and ending up in a mess? Actually I made this App for my upcoming ROM("Quantum Radicle") for Micromax A89 and it turned out to work on all phones. Sharing is caring :cheers:
Here is the solution - Quantum Themer!
You maybe wondering how it works. The answer is:
Based on VillianTheme System! What I did was first tried to run the script on my Phone, ended up with 10-15 errors, fixed them! Now all this App does behind the scenes is Feed the Theme you select to the script and the script does the rest! But if you do see, the VillianTheme Template itself is nearly 600 KB and the App is just 650 KB
Let's get Straight into the list of features!
Features:
Works on all ROMs - Stock, Custom, AOSP, eh, you name it!
Preview of Themes before Applying
Custom File Extension for themes(Default is .qrt, if you do dig my App, you will find this being set in com.adhi.quantumthemer.ThemeSelector Class. Feel free to change it! But don't kang the App)
Single Button, no hassles!
In-built File Explorer
Theme structure is so simple that, even a "Starter" doesn't take more than a minute to understand
You can use it in your ROM. Just copy the APK into your ROM and provide your users with Theme Files, you don't need to ask permissions, just give me credits
Just include files that need to be replaced/modified, cutting down the size of your themes by a great margin
Scroll down and search for the download link, you'll tell me more
Framework, System Apps, Data Apps support
Will modify APKs in a ROM, without changing signatures, and can be used on any ROM where the filenames of themed files is the same.
Should not need updated between versions of a ROM
Zipaligns all APKs before installation
Stores a backup of all files being modified in /sdcard/vrtheme-backup/
Requires no coding abilities or editing of files - just drag and drop
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Now, this will be "Copy, paste" from a VillianTheme Tutorial on "How to make Themes". You may skip to the last point if you know/understand how it works! I strongly recommend you to have a look at the Attached theme for reference. Open it with your favorite Zip Browser(WinRar, 7-Zip)
Check this thread out as well.
Inside the qrt file(Which is to be opened with a Zip Viewer), you can create a folder called "system" and "data" and include a Preview of the theme named "preview.png" or "preview.jpg"(All folders and files without Quotes in their names). The former is required, the latter is not required unless you wanted to theme a data app (strongly not recommended, unless you know the app will be there on every phone)
Inside the system or data folder, create a subfolder "app", and in these, make subfolders named EXACTLY after the APK name. For example, to theme the Browser, you need a folder called "Browser.apk", for Statusbar, "SystemUI.apk". It must be correctly capitalised.
Within there, place the files you require for your theme, in the relevant locations. So most PNGs will be in res/drawable-hdpi/. You can put in xml files too (those which are not in resources.arsc), if you compile them via apktool, and extract them with a zip tool.
If you do make it from scratch and zip it, don't forget to Rename it with extension ".qrt"
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Now lets move on to "How to use it" as I have too much time to kill now, I'm including this
How to Use:
Just Install the App(System, User doesn't matter). Click on "Select Theme" button and then select the Theme you want to Apply. It will ask for Root Permissions if its the First Launch. Next, you'll get a preview of Theme which is going to be applied and then when you press the "Apply" button, the theme will be applied and a Alert Dialog Box asking you to Reboot will appear. I suggest you to Reboot your phone at this point itself. And after reboot, you will be happy to see the Theme Applied
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Downloads:
Preview
Sample Theme - Open it with a Zip Viewer, just for reference! Not a theme
Quantum Themer App:
Version 1.1 - Mediafire - Change Log
Version 1.0 - Mediafire - Dev-Host - Change Log
Beta 2 - Mediafire - Dev-Host - Change Log
Beta 1 - Mediafire - Dev-Host
Note: App Version in Settings is always Version 1.0 in Beta releases
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Credits:
Villian ROM Team. This wouldn't exist without them!
iPaulPro for his aFileChooser
Stericson for his Roottools Library
Everyone whom the above two owe credits to!
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If you face any problems with this App, do the following -
Debugging:
1. Check whether /sdcard/vrtheme exists and contains four or more files/folders.If it doesn't, copy all the contents off vrtheme.zip in the assets folder of the Quantum Themer App.
2. Mount System as R/W before Applying Theme manually.
3. Copy /sdcard/vrtheme/zip and /sdcard/vrtheme/zipalign to /system/bin and CHMod it to 777
4. Type
Code:
sh /sdcard/vrtheme/i*
in Termianl Emulator or ADB and post the result here..
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Do hit the "Thanks" Button! I tried my best to help you, hope you'll do it to!
And tell me if you want Screenshots. It look pretty dumb even though!
If you people like it and want me to do some update/bug-fixes, do keep the thread active. I don't want to end up working for myself.
All kinds of Reviews are welcome

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Just in case

Finally you did it brother! :good:
It's just awesome and keep it up!

Thnx bro
Will definetly try dis previously I install xposed framework but it was not fully working on my ics device
Hope dis will work......
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Sample theme didn't work for my Samsung galaxy s advance stock jb ROM. It made the backup folder on sdcard but didn't change anything.
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Will it work for gingerbread devices too?
GREEEEETZ!!!!

rodaven said:
Sample theme didn't work for my Samsung galaxy s advance stock jb ROM. It made the backup folder on sdcard but didn't change anything.
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Sample Theme is for reference ONLY. My bad should have added in the OP
-CALIBAN666- said:
Will it work for gingerbread devices too?
GREEEEETZ!!!!
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It is working on Gingerbread Devices too!

Adhi1419 said:
Sample Theme is for reference ONLY.
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So it shouldn't work then if I apply it on my phone?
Nice work by the way
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rodaven said:
So it shouldn't work then if I apply it on my phone?
Nice work by the way
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Thanks.
It wouldn't work on your Phone
You can try making your own Theme, its fairly simple

How can I make this work if, for example, I have a SystemUI.apk or framework-res.apk modified and I want to apply it on my phone using this app? It's possible?

rodaven said:
How can I make this work if, for example, I have a SystemUI.apk or framework-res.apk modified and I want to apply it on my phone using this app? It's possible?
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It's very easy!
Just download the Sample Theme and you will get it how it work and how to apply! :good:

A friend sent me to this thread. Once I read your description I got sooo many ideas in my mind! I am a big fun of VRT and this app could help me a lot if it's as I imagine it. Your idea is great.
Just one question for now, previews should be .flv? If yes, will it work ok if I make a slideshow-like preview?

Preview is a PNG static image!
Your post sparkled an idea in my mind too! Thinking of adding a Video Preview + Description
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You should add a package ofsome themes like ICS/JB in the OP.
Testing and reporting right away.
edit:: I will use ur sample theme as base for making my own themes.
Good work.
Regards,
Kaustubh

Adhi1419 said:
Preview is a PNG static image!
Your post sparkled an idea in my mind too! Thinking of adding a Video Preview + Description
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I just said that because your preview was an .flv file and I got confused. I didn't have time to open the .apk or the .qrt. I guess it was a misunderstanding.
Oh, and I'm glad I gave you an idea! Would be cool to see video previews. :good:
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Adhi1419 said:
Preview is a PNG static image!
Your post sparkled an idea in my mind too! Thinking of adding a Video Preview + Description
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Also, why are there two preview.png? One in the root of the .qrt and one in /system folder? Which one is used by the Application?

kaustubh.rockstar said:
You should add a package ofsome themes like ICS/JB in the OP.
Testing and reporting right away.
edit:: I will use ur sample theme as base for making my own themes.
Good work.
Regards,
Kaustubh
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Because the resource files used are device independent, a file available to MOD on one phone may not be available on the other!
Koulis2000 said:
I just said that because your preview was an .flv file and I got confused. I didn't have time to open the .apk or the .qrt. I guess it was a misunderstanding.
Oh, and I'm glad I gave you an idea! Would be cool to see video previews. :good:
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Also, why are there two preview.png? One in the root of the .qrt and one in /system folder? Which one is used by the Application?
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The one in the root. An error while Dragging and dropping previews

Adhi1419 said:
Because the resource files used are device independent, a file available to MOD on one phone may not be available on the other!
The one in the root. An error while Dragging and dropping previews
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Some ideas:
Would be great if you can add more than one preview pic, in just one is hard to show all things themed.
Other thing is would be nice if themes with their preview remain on the app to just choose one and apply it, I mean like CM themes so you don't have to browse in folders and choose the qrt file each time you want to apply a previously loaded theme.
And finally that the app automatically make a qrt file of the backup that the app make when you apply a theme, so you can easily apply your backup if you didn't like the theme applied.
Sorry for my English
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I tried to change the icon of the music player app but after applying the theme and restarting the icon is still the same ... does anyone know how to do this with the app ?
Sorry for my bad english

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Do hit the "Thanks" Button! I tried my best to help you, hope you'll do it to!
And tell me if you want Screenshots. It look pretty dumb even though!
If you people like it and want me to do some update/bug-fixes, do keep the thread active. I don't want to end up working for myself.
All kinds of Reviews are welcome
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I have some ideas, and it would be great if you could implement those things.
First of all, it would be cool to have a folder where everyone would put those .qrts, a folder in /system (/system/QuantumThemes) maybe for us to be able to create packages of more than one .qrt and once a user flashes this package, those .qrts will be placed in this folder.
Second, another idea would be: when you open Quantum Themer it will automatically show themes from this particular folder(/system/QuantumThemes) without having the users to browse for themes in the mess of an sdcard. This way it would look more like a theme engine.
Third, how about categories or sections like: Toggles (/system/QuantumThemes/Toggles), or more specific categories like Status Bar Mods/Toggles (/system/QuantumThemes/Status Bar Mods/Toggles) those categories would be created and named by themers or ROM developers. There would be basically folders placed inside the /system/QuantumThemes and your application would just.
So, to give you a whole view of what I am thinking...
A user installs the Quantum Themer. The user flashes a CWM mod package created by someone. The user opens the Quantum Themer app. A window with all of the categories opens. The user selects a category. The category opens revealing sub categories. The user selects a sub category. The sub category opens revealing all installed mods for this sub category. The user selects a mod. A small or full screen window opens showing a preview, maybe a small description(taken from a file /.qrt/description.txt) and an Install button.
Well, that's actually a lot of things...
I thought it would be good sharing with you since you said you want to keep this active and update it. :highfive:
Hope I helped and I definitely hope to see such a great tool becoming better.

rodaven said:
Some ideas:
Would be great if you can add more than one preview pic, in just one is hard to show all things themed.
Other thing is would be nice if themes with their preview remain on the app to just choose one and apply it, I mean like CM themes so you don't have to browse in folders and choose the qrt file each time you want to apply a previously loaded theme.
And finally that the app automatically make a qrt file of the backup that the app make when you apply a theme, so you can easily apply your backup if you didn't like the theme applied.
Sorry for my English
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I'll add Restore feature, but it will not be a QRT file.
Thanks for your suggestion.
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I tried to change the icon of the music player app but after applying the theme and restarting the icon is still the same ... does anyone know how to do this with the app ?
Sorry for my bad english
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See your PM. It is due to the Binaries not being copied for some strange reason. Its very minor and easy to fix though
Koulis2000 said:
I have some ideas, and it would be great if you could implement those things.
First of all, it would be cool to have a folder where everyone would put those .qrts, a folder in /system (/system/QuantumThemes) maybe for us to be able to create packages of more than one .qrt and once a user flashes this package, those .qrts will be placed in this folder.
Second, another idea would be: when you open Quantum Themer it will automatically show themes from this particular folder(/system/QuantumThemes) without having the users to browse for themes in the mess of an sdcard. This way it would look more like a theme engine.
Third, how about categories or sections like: Toggles (/system/QuantumThemes/Toggles), or more specific categories like Status Bar Mods/Toggles (/system/QuantumThemes/Status Bar Mods/Toggles) those categories would be created and named by themers or ROM developers. There would be basically folders placed inside the /system/QuantumThemes and your application would just.
So, to give you a whole view of what I am thinking...
A user installs the Quantum Themer. The user flashes a CWM mod package created by someone. The user opens the Quantum Themer app. A window with all of the categories opens. The user selects a category. The category opens revealing sub categories. The user selects a sub category. The sub category opens revealing all installed mods for this sub category. The user selects a mod. A small or full screen window opens showing a preview, maybe a small description(taken from a file /.qrt/description.txt) and an Install button.
Well, that's actually a lot of things...
I thought it would be good sharing with you since you said you want to keep this active and update it. :highfive:
Hope I helped and I definitely hope to see such a great tool becoming better.
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Thanks for your detailed feedback mate
1. I think /sdcard/QuantumThemer is a better place as messing around with system is not good for our device and there will be memory limitations in low-end devices. However your idea is cool and all your first 3 points were based on categories, I can take it as one great suggestion. Setting default directory to /sdcard/QauntumThemer is not tough either. I'm already working on a separate layout for displaying Description, preview and if possible a Video Playback.
2. Yes. Instead of laboriously setting up arrays for selecting Categories->Sub Caegories, a central folder on SD Card will be neat.
Thanks for your suggestions people!

Enable KitKat Mobile Data Toggle (zip)

I made this for me but I thought why not share. I enabled data toggle for quick settings. Just flash zip and profit.
Any other toggles you may want just post request.Flashlight requires xml editing which I really dont want to do,so i might not get around to enabling this. If you like my work please give thanks.Enjoy. If you press reset in toggles you will need to reinstall this mod.

How are these .Zip files flashed since it can't be done through stock recovery. Through "Flash gordon"? Is that the most stable way?

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How are these .Zip files flashed since it can't be done through stock recovery. Through "Flash gordon"? Is that the most stable way?
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I you dont have safestrap then use flash gordon.Ive never used it before so let me know if it works. Really you should just install safestrap and be done with it.

blaz1nr said:
I made this for me but I thought why not share. I enabled data toggle for quick settings. Just flash zip and profit.
Any other toggles you may want just post request.Flashlight requires xml editing which I really dont want to do,so i might not get around to enabling this. If you like my work please give thanks.Enjoy. If you press reset in toggles you will need to reinstall this mod.
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Nice work @blaz1nr, just installed vis SS, works great and glad to have this back :good:

Good job
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Kool
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You DA bomb! Thank you, thank you! :beer:
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Thank you sooo much. This is perfect!

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I made this for me but I thought why not share. I enabled data toggle for quick settings. Just flash zip and profit.
Any other toggles you may want just post request.Flashlight requires xml editing which I really dont want to do,so i might not get around to enabling this. If you like my work please give thanks.Enjoy. If you press reset in toggles you will need to reinstall this mod.
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Sorry to ask this, but does this work on the note 3 4.4.2?
And has anyone tried using flash Gordon to flash this? Does it work?

Possible flashlight toggle solution?
blaz1nr said:
I made this for me but I thought why not share. I enabled data toggle for quick settings. Just flash zip and profit.
Any other toggles you may want just post request.Flashlight requires xml editing which I really dont want to do,so i might not get around to enabling this. If you like my work please give thanks.Enjoy. If you press reset in toggles you will need to reinstall this mod.
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Hey @blaz1nr I found this thread in the Sprint Galaxy S III forum about modding SystemUI.apk and SecSettings.apk for the purpose of creating a flashlight toggle for quick settings. It's sprinkled with S4 and S5 users who (if I read correctly) had various levels of success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617552&highlight=decompile
Anyway, I've been trying my hand at modding system apk's lately (I edited one of the xml files in PopupuiReceiver.apk to disable those annoying battery cover notifications), and I wanted to give this a shot because I'd really like a flashlight toggle in the drop down menu. Unfortunately every time I try to decompile either SystemUI.apk and SecSettings.apk, the directories and files I'm supposed to be working on aren't showing up. I've decompiled/recompiled successfully before, and now I've tried virtuous ten studio, apk-multi-tool, and apktool, and every time I have this problem decompiling. So what I'm trying to say is I'd be happy to try my hand at doing the xml editing for you, I just can't seem to completely decompile the apps in question. So either someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong decompiling these apk's (I've searched everywhere and none of the supposed fixes have changed anything) or even better, if someone wants to decompile those apk's themselves and share with me, I'll get to work ASAP. Or if I'm wrong/being a stupid n00b, etc. let me know. For anyone else interested, these two apk's are in system/priv-app, not system/app (I had trouble finding them at first, because, again, n00b).
TLDR: Help me decompile these apk's or do it for me and send me the files, and maybe I can make us a dropdown flashlight toggle
Update: I got the directories and files I needed and I've been able to edit everything, but there's a new twist. I had to deodex SystemUI.apk and SecSettings.apk using Universal Deodexer, in order to access those elusive files and directories. I'm getting compile errors when I try to recompile, and even if it did compile successfully, I have no freakin' clue how much I could potentially screw up the phone by replacing the regular old apk files with the deodexed ones I created. There's a plethora of information and guides on deodexing apks, but not so much support on odexing them (re-odexing them?). I feel like I might be close to getting this working, but if anyone out there has this knowledge and/or is as fixated as I am on a drop-down flashlight toggle, help would be appreciated.

Got it working. I was being an idiot n00b and forgot the relatively minor step of de-odexing my stock rom. Once that was done it was as easy as following the directions on that thread I linked to. The actual LED light lagged like crazy the first time I actually tried the new toggle, but since then it's been smooth and instantaneous. Hope this helps someone

Worked as a charm. Thank you!

Comfirmed worked on NH3 !

[ZIP][Flashable][WIP][OPP3] O-DP3 PIXEL MOD -- Why It's Taking So Long

O-DP4 Pixel Mod Available here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/themes-apps/zip-android-o-dp4-pixel-mod-nexus-6p-t3641880
UPDATE -- I have everything figured out at this point except for the nav bar and DT2W. I've figured out round icons and night mode and have found the "proper" way to implement the pixel color. However, the process to achieve this is difficult. I'll release another post describing it. It requires enabling the "device theme" setting in Display settings. I'm not 100% sure how to do it. But something Substratum does, and that is the work around currently. In this post, I'm not releasing all of that :good:
First things first, this is definitely a work in progress. But that's alright, we're getting there. It seems that Android O has introduced some changes that have made making these Pixel Mods difficult. The most prominent issue is apktool's inability to compile Android O's apk's (The ability to decompile wasn't available in the beginning either). Also, to put it simply, some things have been moved around or changed up.
For example, to get the blue accent color, you could previously find the accent color hex codes in framework-res.apk and make them identical to the pixel. Those have been replaced by reference numbers instead of hex codes. If you're curious, see the bottom of this post. I'll go into detail of how I achieved the Pixel accent color.
Another issue is the round icons. To my knowledge, previously you switched a code (something along the lines of config_UseRoundIcons=False) in framework-res.apk from false to true. From my testing, I've found that does absolutely nothing now. What's also interesting, I looked at the same line on my Pixel XL running DP3, and it's set to false. But I have round icons. It seems there's a new "trigger" elsewhere that I have yet to find.
I don't know if I've actually figured out anything new or not, but my work is completely open. If anyone wants to borrow my work all I ask for is credit if any belongs to me
So here is what is available currently from me!
What's Included:
-O-DP3 Pixel Launcher W/ Wallpapers (Make sure to grant notification access for notification badges)
-O-DP3 Clock
-O-DP3 Pixel Audio
-Pixel XL 1440p Boot Animation Blacked Edition (Thanks to Luthepa1)
-Pixel Blue Accent Color :good:
-All Rotations 0, 90, 180, 270 (Adds the ability to rotate upside down) Not a Pixel feature, but I like having it​
What's Missing / Being Worked On:
-Pixel Navigation Bar Animation
-Tinted Navigation Bar
-Round Icons
-Night Mode​
AFH Download Link: [url]https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120743210[/URL]
As always, flashing voids your warranty. Always make a backup.
Bugs:
-None that I'm currently aware of
Update: I've made progress on the nav bar. Don't know if it'll work yet, but I've got hope now
Update 2: Fixed the Live Wallpaper crashing bug, credit to jasonzarko
*Information on the Pixel Accent
-In Nougat, you would have 4 lines that contained hex codes that assigned colors to the accent. These were teal variants for the Nexus 6P (and others) and variants of blue for the Pixel. These were located in framework-res.apk in /system/framework. To get the Pixel accent you just copied the hex code, and boom, that's it. Things are different in O.
Now those hex codes have been replaced with reference numbers such as . Those reference numbers lead you to another reference number. From that leads you to a certain hex code that's located in what seems to be a database of color options. The reference numbers for the 6P take you to a few different shades of teal. If I do some comparing with a Nougat framework-res.apk for the Pixel, I'm able to piece together what those teal colors need to be replaced with. That leaves you with the Pixel accent.
However, this leaves you without the option for teal in anything that references back to that. Potentially giving something the blue color that shouldn't have it. It is possible that nothing else references to those, but I have't looked enough. It may also be possible to simply add new colors to the database with a new reference ID and just change the reference. I haven't gotten that far yet. For the mean time, this works well enough.

Great mod. When Your World is selected in Live wallpapers, the wallpapers are crashing. I have given notification access to notification badges FYI

I'm not able to dowload your mod (AFH says 404 not found)...

Suhas_JS said:
Great mod. When Your World is selected in Live wallpapers, the wallpapers are crashing. I have given notification access to notification badges FYI
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Thanks for the feedback. I made some changes to the mod. As of now, the live earth wallpapers still crash for some reason. But the live data does work. Sadly, to update this, you'll have to reflash the system.img in TWRP and then reflash your root and the mod. But if you can live with it for a little bit, it'll be easier not to take the newer mod. I'll work on it more later and see if I can stop it from crashing. Thanks again for the feedback on that

Micha El said:
I'm not able to dowload your mod (AFH says 404 not found)...
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I took it down for a second to make a modification hoping to resolve a bug. It's now good to go!

I don't know if it's me or a Google thing, but it seems as if the weather isn't showing up for me. It did previously, which is interesting. Is anybody else having the same issue?

krisyarno said:
I don't know if it's me or a Google thing, but it seems as if the weather isn't showing up for me. It did previously, which is interesting. Is anybody else having the same issue?
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All OK here with the first mod. Haven't tried the latest though.

I have the live earth wallpapers working. There are three files that need to be in System/Apps/WallpapersBReel/Lib/Arm64. Three files are:
- libgdx.so
-libgeswallpapers-jni.so
-libjpeg.so
https://www.mediafire.com/download/rl68f6sxc3fl8ai
You can either copy the lib folder to WallpapersBReel folder or open folder until you get to the three files and copy seperately. Make sure permissions are set to 644 for all files.

jasonzarko said:
I have the live earth wallpapers working. There are three files that need to be in System/Apps/WallpapersBReel/Lib/Arm64. Three files are:
- libgdx.so
-libgeswallpapers-jni.so
-libjpeg.so
https://www.mediafire.com/download/rl68f6sxc3fl8ai
You can either copy the lib folder to WallpapersBReel folder or open folder until you get to the three files and copy seperately. Make sure permissions are set to 644 for all files.
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thanks, this works and fixed live earth wallpapers for me :good:

Congratulations for your work , maybe someone could do the same for bullhead. Thanks

jasonzarko said:
I have the live earth wallpapers working. There are three files that need to be in System/Apps/WallpapersBReel/Lib/Arm64. Three files are:
- libgdx.so
-libgeswallpapers-jni.so
-libjpeg.so
https://www.mediafire.com/download/rl68f6sxc3fl8ai
You can either copy the lib folder to WallpapersBReel folder or open folder until you get to the three files and copy seperately. Make sure permissions are set to 644 for all files.
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Thanks for the help on that :good:

krisyarno said:
Thanks for the help on that :good:
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No problem. Thanks for the great mod!!

If you plan on using substratum I highly recommend not flashing this. For some reason this zip breaks substratum

Hate to tell this, but the live wallpapers are still crashing.

Suhas_JS said:
Hate to tell this, but the live wallpapers are still crashing.
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It doesn't look like the 3 files were added yet to fix it. There is a post earlier in here with the three files and instructions to get it working.

Suhas_JS said:
Hate to tell this, but the live wallpapers are still crashing.
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Sorry, I've been busy today. I added the files necessary and uploaded to AFH. I didn't change the link though. I'm updating the link, it for sure works now

Suhas_JS said:
Hate to tell this, but the live wallpapers are still crashing.
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It doesn't look like the 3 files were added yet to fix it. There is a post earlier in here with the three files and instructions to get it working.
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I updated the link now. The zip should have a suffix of V2. That contains the necessary fix

krisyarno said:
I updated the link now. The zip should have a suffix of V2. That contains the necessary fix
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No luck yet ?

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No luck yet ?
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That's interesting. I have it working on mine. Did you flash V2 of the mod?
If so, then you may need to flash your system.img over in twrp. That's found in the stock factory image for DP3. I'd just flash that in twrp in the system.img slot and the reflash too and that should revert everything back to stock and clean install the mod

krisyarno said:
That's interesting. I have it working on mine. Did you flash V2 of the mod?
If so, then you may need to flash your system.img over in twrp. That's found in the stock factory image for DP3. I'd just flash that in twrp in the system.img slot and the reflash too and that should revert everything back to stock and clean install the mod
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Will do it and get back to you. In any case nice work champ. Thanks for this.:good: