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I've been the whole day working in a new theme, but I'm still not able to get what I want by Photoshop,(I guess Im not as good as I expected). so I decide to ask for help.
I need someone who can help me to make this for me.
Maybe we can make a great theme.
So, designers, show us your skills
joshuas_79 said:
I need help:
I've been the whole day working in a new theme, but I'm still not able to get what I want by Photoshop,(I guess Im not as good as I expected). so I decide to ask for help.
I need someone who can help me to make this for me.
Maybe we can make a great theme.
So, designers, show us your skills
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what is that? a status bar and app drawer? try being more specific as to what you're asking . i know i'm confused, lol.
opasha said:
what is that? a status bar and app drawer? try being more specific as to what you're asking . i know i'm confused, lol.
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statusbar background and tray launcher
joshuas_79 said:
statusbar background and tray launcher
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and you want it to look like those? that tray is really big
opasha said:
and you want it to look like those? that tray is really big
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I know, that why I like transparent, maybe not very useful, but it just a new concept. , but this glass effect is more difficult for me than I expected..
I might could help if you tell me more specific what you want.
Here are the png files I would like to "create with your help":
One is for the status bar, this should be the red topbar in the pics of the first post.
And the seond one is the tray for the launcher, I post what I got so far, but it's still not looking how I would like.
I hope you understand what I mean now...
ok i did the files for you as close to what you showed in your mockup.
statusbar_background.png:
tray_handle_normal.png: this file is 40% transparent since that is what it looked like in your mockup. it looks grey because it is on a solid background here. however when you open it up in photoshop and gimp you will see that it is transparent.
good luck
opasha said:
ok i did the files for you as close to what you showed in your mockup.
statusbar_background.png:
tray_handle_normal.png: this file is 40% transparent since that is what it looked like in your mockup. it looks grey because it is on a solid background here. however when you open it up in photoshop and gimp you will see that it is transparent.
good luck
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Oh thanks!!, I'm going to test it right now.
No idea what has caused this... but when I enter settings it goes from Black (nova launcher) or transparent (stock xperia) to a dull gray.
Thanks in advance.
POMF2K said:
No idea what has caused this... but when I enter settings it goes from Black (nova launcher) or transparent (stock xperia) to a dull gray.
Thanks in advance.
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I should also not the the bar along the bottom with the back, home, and app switcher buttons turns the same color.
It has always been like this for me on stock.
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BreakShadow said:
It has always been like this for me on stock.
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Not a dark grey, but a lighter dull flat grey on top and bottom.
Does it change color when you enter settings from the stock launcher?
POMF2K said:
Not a dark grey, but a lighter dull flat grey on top and bottom.
Does it change color when you enter settings from the stock launcher?
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Has it been like this from the start and I just now noticed?
POMF2K said:
Has it been like this from the start and I just now noticed?
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This is really stressing me out. Whether I messed something up or it was like that all along... it looks horrible.
Is there a way to change android settings menus (as well as the notification bar/bottom button bar) to black and get rid of this horrible white/grey theme that doesn't involve an unlocked bootloader? I'm hoping to find an easy fix for this once root is available.
Same thing on my phone, if you use nova launcher to change the bar color it works except in sonys custom settings, which probably means the color of the bars there is handled different hence why nova launcher can't change it. Would probably need something like a custom rom/root or maybe 4.4 to do this.
This is stock and normal. You're like the third person I've seen complaining about this today? I don't understand why it's a problem.
Uh yeah.. It's supposed to do that.
xasbo said:
This is stock and normal. You're like the third person I've seen complaining about this today? I don't understand why it's a problem.
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Honestly it's not a problem aside from the fact that it's unsightly. I was afraid messed something up.
So even without nova it would still turn grey?
POMF2K said:
Honestly it's not a problem aside from the fact that it's unsightly. I was afraid messed something up.
So even without nova it would still turn grey?
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Yep, this is controlled by the Dialer and Settings APKs - you won't be able to change it without modifying those APKs or a custom ROM/app which supports forcing status bar colors. I'm not too involved in that stuff, though, so that's about as much of a jumping off point as I can give you.
To be honest, I didn't even notice it until people started getting excited about. Different folks...
xasbo said:
Yep, this is controlled by the Dialer and Settings APKs - you won't be able to change it without modifying those APKs or a custom ROM/app which supports forcing status bar colors. I'm not too involved in that stuff, though, so that's about as much of a jumping off point as I can give you.
To be honest, I didn't even notice it until people started getting excited about. Different folks...
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Maybe i was so excited about everything else that i didn't notice that. I wonder if it was intentional to signify importance or caution or if it was simply overlooked.
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Maybe i was so excited about everything else that i didn't notice that. I wonder if it was intentional to signify importance or caution or if it was simply overlooked.
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I think it's simply a case of the status bar/button panel (whatever it's called) blending the default black color with the white-ish background of the app. I assume it's just the application of translucency and alpha blending. Change the bgcolor of those apps, probably goes away. Maybe there are some other white-background apps to prove that theory.
Messaging does it too, fyi
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nb31b said:
Messaging does it too, fyi
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Good catch. I replaced stock Messaging with 8sms to fix group threading. 8sms doesn't have the gray bars, even with the light theme, but stock Messaging definitely does.
Alright, so my aunt and parents all bought the Note 5. It seemed like the thing to do because I had just bought a Note 3 and loved it. Overall, they are pretty happy with it, but the comparison to my phone and theirs on the status bar is RIDONCULOUS. I can see it, but I'm still young enough to have 20/20 vision (probably not for long...).
Seriously, what is that, like a 2pt font? (I realize that it's probably a 10pt with a pixel density that is too high to make that reasonable.)
I poked in the settings, looking for something to change the size of the icons/statusbar, but found no love. There is a way to enlarge the interface, but it does nothing to the status bar. It would seem that not many are complaining about it, based on my search.
Regardless, is there any way to make the status bar/icons larger? Are there apps out there that wouldn't require rooting their phones?
Because people prefer it small. I so hope it is as small as iPhone, it still big compare with iPhone status bar.
Andrewtst said:
Because people prefer it small. I so hope it is as small as iPhone, it still big compare with iPhone status bar.
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Aw, come on now - the whole reason it's there is to know at a quick glance down, up to 3 feet away, what is going on. Sure, you have the notifications on the lock screen, but what if you want to know if your phone is muted during a meeting quickly? Grab the microscope and go all CSI on it?
If people don't like the status bar, just make it an option to remove it completely?
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Aw, come on now - the whole reason it's there is to know at a quick glance down, up to 3 feet away, what is going on. Sure, you have the notifications on the lock screen, but what if you want to know if your phone is muted during a meeting quickly? Grab the microscope and go all CSI on it?
If people don't like the status bar, just make it an option to remove it completely?
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I am telling you the reason why no people complain.
The status bar in Android is big enough to clearly see, Samsung smaller it is doing a correct choice, in previous Note4 and earlier is too big already.
Did you see anyone complain on iPhone 6 Plus or 6s Plus? or any Mi phone that follow iPhone status bar size. It is small and still clearly to see.
The only way to make it bigger is root the phone just can change.
I don't have great eyesight, and think the status bar is easy to read...
I don't know if any of the themes make it bigger, but that might be worth looking into.
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JasonJoel said:
I don't have great eyesight, and think the status bar is easy to read...
I don't know if any of the themes make it bigger, but that might be worth looking into.
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No themes will make it bigger. The only solution is root and change the lcd density same as Note 4 (640).
Samsung make smaller density this time at Note5 (560) thus everything look much smaller than before.
Andrewtst, either you're pretty rude or have a poor grasp of the English language. For many people, the icon size of the status bar is too small. We're asking how to make it larger. Constantly repeating "root" doesn't help fix the problem. In settings, under display, you can change the font size of every icon, except for those in the status bar. If you would like to help, please provide step-by-step instructions on how to enlarge the status bar icons. Thank you.
There's a free app called Display Scaling on the Play Store. In there, there will be condensed and standard. it will originally be in standard but change it to condensed then back to standard. and no, this does not require root. hope it helps!
The reverse
Alright, now that this is taken care of. Does anyone know anyway (without rooting) to reduce the size of the icons for the Note 4?
Back with in S8+ days there were 3 apks floating around that allowed you to change the height of the navigation bar in order to increase screen real estate. I quite liked it as did a lot of other people I assume because you can find links to plenty of websites talking about it. However I can't find any talk about it for this phone.
Does anyone know of anything like this for the Note 8?
Still on the s8+ but considering getting a note 8 soon. Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing the same apk?
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
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Still on the s8+ but considering getting a note 8 soon. Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing the same apk?
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Sure have! Doesn't seem to work.
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You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
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Yep I had changed that. on both the S8+ and Note 8. That's good, but the nav bar still bugs me on this phone. Everytime I look at it, I notice it's too big lol
Hmm. I wonder if the guy who created the old apk uses an S8 and hasn't bothered to make one for the note 8. I'd imagine it is quite simple. Wonder if you could make the request?
Edit: I made a request to tigerhoods, who I believe authored the apk for the s8.
Here is the response I got:
it works when packed in a sammy theme if that makes sense..
u have to decompile a Samsung theme then add the nav values to the common.apk then recompile theme for it to take effect now
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Looking further into how to do this, but I haven't yet been able to get my hands on the apk for the theme I've been using. But, from what I gather, you can't just install an apk to change the Navbar height with the note 8. You have to specifically edit the apk for whatever theme you're using.
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Here is the response I got:
Looking further into how to do this, but I haven't yet been able to get my hands on the apk for the theme I've been using. But, from what I gather, you can't just install an apk to change the Navbar height with the note 8. You have to specifically edit the apk for whatever theme you're using.
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Thanks mate. lol no way I can do this. Sounds like a lot of trouble now
Nothing new here?
If you mean something like that..... here are some overlay mods they are working without root. The 1 i have linked is to minimize the height a bit more then half.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=74274701
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OMG never looked in this Thread... Thanks!
andjohn said:
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
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Thank you so much for the tip! I've accomplished even more than I wanted...
Hi i have an note 8 SM-N950U ( T-Mobile ) and the icons on the top are small, and the bottom part is like pushed, it feels kinda small and weird, i hope the images are clear
Icons small on the wifi-bar
I think the resolution is wrong somehow.
Any Fix?
First image is the bottom one, right above the square, the line in black
ClaudioG123 said:
Hi i have an note 8 SM-N950U ( T-Mobile ) and the icons on the top are small, and the bottom part is like pushed, it feels kinda small and weird, i hope the images are clear
Icons small on the wifi-bar
I think the resolution is wrong somehow.
Any Fix?
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Have you checked your DPI settings under Developer Options? It should be 360 default . Also check your font size etc.
Limeybastard said:
Have you checked your DPI settings under Developer Options? It should be 360 default . Also check your font size etc.
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Somehow i changed it to 360 and stays the same, you see the first image with black part ? under the square?, in my view it feels like the screen is not full completed, that's why i said the icons are small
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Have you checked your DPI settings under Developer Options? It should be 360 default . Also check your font size etc.
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I see videos where the icons are normal as the other phones
ClaudioG123 said:
Somehow i changed it to 360 and stays the same, you see the first image with black part ? under the square?, in my view it feels like the screen is not full completed, that's why i said the icons are small
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I see it now, slight Nav Bar screen burn in it looks like, the shadow yes?
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I see it now, slight Nav Bar screen burn in it looks like, the shadow yes?
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See the pictures where i did that ? , the screen misses a place there causing the icons on the nav bar getting smaller.
It doensn't burn in the eyesight
ClaudioG123 said:
See the pictures where i did that ? , the screen misses a place there causing the icons on the nav bar getting smaller.
It doensn't burn in the eyesight
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That part where were i marked , is not a part of the phone, it's already in the screen, you know that i mean ?
Like this:
https://scontent.ffnc1-1.fna.fbcdn....=412d5977a727f06d5416f7e0c1f929ed&oe=5A75020F
this is the same phone, only that i did a screenshot, got the difference?
ClaudioG123 said:
See the pictures where i did that ? , the screen misses a place there causing the icons on the nav bar getting smaller.
It doensn't burn in the eyesight
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Download Screen Tester from the app store then use the GRAY #8080 screen then take a pic please. That tests the screen unifromity etc so will show better.
See this picture with higher quality, you know that i mean right ? https://imgur.com/a/KW18Y , this black line, you know see it ? without blue line : https://imgur.com/a/vbOb0
https://imgur.com/83YNyg8 i believe the image is now good to see the black line. not a part of the screen.
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Download Screen Tester from the app store then use the GRAY #8080 screen then take a pic please. That tests the screen unifromity etc so will show better.
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https://imgur.com/83YNyg8
ClaudioG123 said:
See this picture with higher quality, you know that i mean right ? https://imgur.com/a/KW18Y , this black line, you know see it ? without blue line : https://imgur.com/a/vbOb0
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You mean simalar to the screen being fitted a bit too high. I think I understand. Mine is a bit too low. on the gray 8080 using Display tester I think the top of my screen is a bit too low, yours seems to be opposite of mine perhaps.
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ClaudioG123 said:
https://imgur.com/83YNyg8
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I downloaded Display Tester on mine using gray #8080 and noticed perhaps the top part of my screen is similar to the bottom of your screen. So mine is probably opposite of yours. Probably the glass black seal or whatever they use is slightly up on yours and down on mine.
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You mean simalar to the screen being fitted a bit too high. I think I understand. Mine is a bit too low. on the gray 8080 using Display tester I think the top of my screen is a bit too low, yours seems to be opposite of mine perhaps.
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I downloaded Display Tester on mine using gray #8080 and noticed perhaps the top part of my screen is similar to the bottom of your screen. So mine is probably opposite of yours. Probably the glass black seal or whatever they use is slightly up on yours and down on mine.
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This is actually kinda of annoying, did you manage to fix yours ?
It kinda sucks and annoying , i believe it's from firmware? did you manage to fix yours?
I see other variants and they seem just fine, you saw the print of the screenshot, it displays full screen, idk why
Nevermind lol it was the glass protector xD , i'm such a dumb , the easiest solution was all the time in front of me thank you
ClaudioG123 said:
Nevermind lol it was the glass protector xD , i'm such a dumb , the easiest solution was all the time in front of me thank you
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