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[CLOSED 12/20/2010] [ROM] SK-ROM Beta v0.3

SK-ROM Beta 0.3
This beta is now closed, as I am about to launch Magnolia RC1, the first release candidate for this ROM. Thanks to all who have tried out the ROm for their support and input.
Steve
ROM Features:
Based on stock HTC Sense/Froyo OTA v3.26.605.
Uses latest stock HTC kernel to help alleviate battery drain.
"Matte" Sense UI. I completely redid all "shiny" elements of the Sense UI (including green highlights), status bar and HTC apps to make then smoother, more refined and professional looking (IMHO).
Added notification pulldown power widgets, custom skinned by me. Thanks to |||bored|||, dopeshiziot and JSCHiSurf for this.
Apps softkey (left softkey) is mapped to Maxim's AppFolders, a fully customizable app drawer that I have come to depend on, since I first saw it implemented in deficitism's Uncommon Sense. A BIG nod to deficitism for both the idea and the tools to figure out how to do this.
Right softkey mapped to browser (will consider other mappings if there is interest). Thanks to JsChiSurf for the tools to learn how this is done.
Added battery percentage mod and smooth sense icons. Thanks to jercik for these.
Added 6-Bar signal meter. Thanks to deficitism for the tools to learn how this is done.
3-in-1 power menu (reboot option) by snq-
Replaced HTC Car Panel with Google CarHome.
Transparent clock background (flip from HD, for now...) and settings/profile widget backgrounds. Props to HeyItsLou for the inspiration for these.
Made the lockscreen and rosie navbar transparent, and the statusbar pulldown semi-transparent. Thanks to shoey-n for the services.jar mod to allow this.
Slight graphical mods to dialer to make it easier to see and use (IMHO).
All framework and resources images were compressed and optimized to maximize RAM.
Statusbar clock, alarm, debugging and location icons are hidden by default. I have attached Zip files to post #3 to add these back, if desired. Thanks to pardonmyfreedom for the tutorial on how to do this.
Removed what seems to be agreed upon as bloat from the ROM (e.g., Vcast, Footprints, etc.). Other quasi-bloat apps (e.g., VZWBAC, Quickoffice) are in data/app/ and can be uninstalled.
Blue spinning android boot animation from Natemz over at androidcentral.com.
ROM is fully deodexed, zipaligned and rooted.
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Known Bugs
For some reason the newest Gmail (2.3.2) won't intall over the version included in Beta 0.3 I posted earlier. Seems that this is not an uncommon problem with various ROMs. I have, as of 11:30 PM EST 12/12/10, uploaded the fixed ROM with the latest Gmail (same download link as before). So, if you are new to the ROM, no worries, the latest version is included. If you already have v0.3 installed, many apologies, but you will need to reflash if you want to have Gmail 2.3.2.
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I have been a member of XDA for a long time, and I recently switched from WM to Android. I have been messing around with some ROMs for my own use over the past month or so, and figured it was time to release a ROM into the wild in hopes that the community can help me make it into something on a higher plane than I can do on my own.
The ROM is based on the stock HTC Sense/Froyo OTA v3.26.605.1 that I pulled from the always excellent virtuousrom.com. By painstakingly analyzing what the wonderful devs on this site have been up to via countless "diff" commands and analyzing smali files until my eyes hurt, I rebuilt/modded the ROMs framework and apps to make the ROM I have been looking for.
I want to state that, while I did my own coding/theming and implemented the features of this ROM slightly differently than the devs I learned them from, I owe ALL of this ROM to those devs' hard work an ingenuity. All I did was learn what they were doing and figure out how to make it work the way I wanted.
I also want to note again that I am very new to cooking (have been a themer mostly) and this ROM is BETA. While I have found it to be stable for my own personal use, I cannot say it will be for you. Therefore, download and flash at your own risk, for I take NO responsibility for what happens to your phone if you install this ROM.
Again, I want to state that I owe all of the devs listed above for their hard work and ingenuity, without which I would not know how to do any of this. If anyone believes I have not credited someone I should have, please shoot me a PM and I will correct my error. Similarly, if I have unintentionally violated acceptable etiquette in any way, please let me know via PM, and I will try to fix the problem.
Install by downloading the ROM to your SD card (or copy it there from PC) and rebooting into recovery, WIPING data and cache (I wipe dalvik cache, as well) and selecting the "install from sdcard" option. It takes a while on the first bootup, so please be patient.
**NB- there have been extensive changes to the framework in version 0.3, so I recommend a full wipe, even if you have 0.2 installed.**
Please enjoy, and I hope to receive your feedback, help and ideas for improvement. I believe this will be the last beta before RC1, unless there is something I am missing
Steve

Changelog
Beta v0.3
I plan this to be the last beta before releasing RC1 under a new, better name. So, please, any bug reports, comments are welcome. Thanks.
Added custom skinned status/notification bar power control widgets. Credits in 1st post.
replaced Ziggy's kernel with latest HTC stock kernel. Didn't feel performance bump was worth battery drain.
Fixed 6-bar signal being limited to only 4-bars. Thanks to |||bored||| for reminding me of this.
Many small framework and resources tweaks.
Beta v0.2
Fixed sync notification animation
Added 6-bar signal meter
Added data/app functionality to allow for uninstalling some apps that might be considered bloat.
Updated gapps.
Added Zip files to post #3 to allow customization of icons shown in status bar.

Reserved
OK. Sorry for the wait. The status bar icon show/hide files are now attached. I tested each briefly, so they should be fine, but nandroid before flashing, just in case.
Steve

nice to have you over on our side, any chance of getting that wallpaper?

@mothy
Here you go...

Wow! This looks great! Amazing features for a beta at V 0.1 haha. I'm definitely gonna switch from the latest skyraider to this. Thanks for the hard work on this man! Hope to see you around more, hopefully updating this thing of beauty with even more features!

I'm stoked to try this out!! I can't download it from my phone for some reason tho. Can you put a mirror up?

Are there any known bugs?

love the matte look.. will keep an eye on this. how does the call answer lock look like? is it matte also or transparent? any plans on implementing the 6 signal bar? and could you elaborate on the easier to use dialer?

DroidBee said:
Are there any known bugs?
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The only "bug" I know is that the animated sync icon isn't working yet. I am sure some will come up, though, as I haven't used every app/feature of the phone.
radiohead14 said:
love the matte look.. will keep an eye on this. any plans on implementing the 6 signal bar?
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Yep. I am just getting into the services.jar files to see how this is done. Hopefully in a few days I will have it. I would like to learn how it works rather than just copy it over from someone else.

sk806 said:
Yep. I am just getting into the services.jar files to see how this is done. Hopefully in a few days I will have it. I would like to learn how it works rather than just copy it over from someone else.
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thanks.. i edited my post.. with additional questions
how does the call answer lock look like? is it matte also or transparent? and could you elaborate on the easier to use dialer?

radiohead14 said:
thanks.. i edited my post.. with additional questions
how does the call answer lock look like? is it matte also or transparent? and could you elaborate on the easier to use dialer?
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As to the call answer, it's transparent. I was toying with replacing the android guy, but couldn't settle on a picture.
As to the dialer mod, it's just a graphical mod to make the keys and dialing text easier to read. Sorry, should have been clearer...

dude0909 said:
Wow! This looks great! Amazing features for a beta at V 0.1 haha. I'm definitely gonna switch from the latest skyraider to this. Thanks for the hard work on this man! Hope to see you around more, hopefully updating this thing of beauty with even more features!
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Thanks! I will do my best...

Xb_toaster said:
I'm stoked to try this out!! I can't download it from my phone for some reason tho. Can you put a mirror up?
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Look at your PM box.
Steve

So far this rom is running great! One minor gripe, about 50% of the time when I unlock the phone, I get the "Sorry, android.mms.apk has force closed" or whatever. I'm sure it can easily be fixed with a patch though, because I've seen a bunch of other MMS fixes on lots of other peoples roms. Other than that this rom is fluid, fast, and very easy on the eyes. Love it.

Is Visual Voice Mail removed from this? I know some people consider it bloat, I consider it essential.

I have been running it for two hours now - working great!

It does have VVM. I use it, too.
As the the mms force close, I have also seen this on other ROM threads, hasn't happened to me on this one, though. Will work on a fix tomorrow. Thanks for pointing that out.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

dude0909 said:
So far this rom is running great! One minor gripe, about 50% of the time when I unlock the phone, I get the "Sorry, android.mms.apk has force closed" or whatever. I'm sure it can easily be fixed with a patch though, because I've seen a bunch of other MMS fixes on lots of other peoples roms. Other than that this rom is fluid, fast, and very easy on the eyes. Love it.
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As to the MMS FC issue, may I ask a few questions: Have you tried fixing permissions in recovery? Did you use Titanium backup to restore your text messages? Have you ever had apps installed on your SD card?
Thanks!
Steve

I've never used titanium back up, I've never had apps installed on my sd card, but no i have not tried fixing permissions.
It only did it for the first day or so. It's perfectly fine now. I'll try fixing permissions though.

[Q] Pandoriam v.4 Fixed.

Can't post to the dev page 'cause I'm a n00bcake and they won't let me.
I'm running the new version of Pandoriam, and for some reason no matter the theme I pick or the battery options I select, I get a blue battery icon that always shows full even when checking in system>battery it tells the correct percentage of battery life. No idea why. I wiped and factory restored and wiped the cache before installing, and it's still buggy.
Hoping the dev will see this and tell me why.
Thanks
UPDATE: It does show battery consumption. But I'd chosen the blue circle one, and instead I've got a pale blue battery shaped image.

Why didnt you just PM me LOL its kind of a waste of a thread if you just need help personally anyways....... So can you tell me IIf you choose a theme does the theme change? For instance Status Bar etc... Or even the FULL theme does this change properly? Some of the Icons should change like the theme... And are you following the correct option for instance when it says you must choose this if you chose this etc you should know what I mean if you went through all the options.....?

I didn't PM you 'cause I don't wanna be that person who barely knows you who's ramming your inbox, and I also thought someone else might be having my problem... You dig? Anyway, sorry for wasting 1s and 0s...
Here are the selections I made. Battery and theme are not coming through for me. Phone runs fine though, so it's not THAT big a deal. But when I had 2.2 going my motomoto theme looked perfect. Plus I hate that faggy Samsung dandilion lock page:..
Perseus
MotoMoto00 Theme
Nova
Player Pro & Transparent MusicPlayer
4.2 Android Browser & Chrome Browser
4.2 Android Keyboard
4.2 Clock
I don’t want accuweather
4.2 Camera & Gallery
MotoMoto Style Status Bar
Blue Centre Clock
Samsung JB Style Lock Screen
Motomoto style clock
Blue circle battery
Install slightly transparent multiwindow
Default Dialer Theme
Transparent Pulldown
Transparent Notification
Default notification toggles
Default Icon Background
Camera Sounds on
No I don’t want extsdtointernal mod
Boot up sounds
Screenshot Sounds on
All the apps
Feel free to give me **** again if you like. Just wanna know what I'm doing wrong. Weather I wipe or not this seems to happen.
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Why didnt you just PM me LOL its kind of a waste of a thread if you just need help personally anyways....... So can you tell me IIf you choose a theme does the theme change? For instance Status Bar etc... Or even the FULL theme does this change properly? Some of the Icons should change like the theme... And are you following the correct option for instance when it says you must choose this if you chose this etc you should know what I mean if you went through all the options.....?
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Hi, i have a n00by status too but okay, thats the way it goes....
I had some strange behaviors too, not pointed to a special rom. Here's the way it wirked for me ... and i have to do it like this everytime i flash a rom....
1. Complete Nandroid Backup (of course)
2. Boot recovery mode
3. Wipe data & wipe cache
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache & wipe Battery stats
5. Reboot recovery and then flash the rom.
I almost chose the same options like you did. Just took the standard clock rightbounded and camera sounds off. Evertything runs smooth, stable and quite fast. It's a beauty !!!!! btemtd did a fantastic job !!!!
Hope this could help you out !!!
Best regards
Sent from my GT-I9305, running Pandoriam v4.fixed

daywalker386 said:
Hi, i have a n00by status too but okay, thats the way it goes....
I had some strange behaviors too, not pointed to a special rom. Here's the way it wirked for me ... and i have to do it like this everytime i flash a rom....
1. Complete Nandroid Backup (of course)
2. Boot recovery mode
3. Wipe data & wipe cache
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache & wipe Battery stats
5. Reboot recovery and then flash the rom.
I almost chose the same options like you did. Just took the standard clock rightbounded and camera sounds off. Evertything runs smooth, stable and quite fast. It's a beauty !!!!! btemtd did a fantastic job !!!!
Hope this could help you out !!!
Best regards
Sent from my GT-I9305, running Pandoriam v4.fixed
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Thanks man, I'll give it a crack.

I totally followed your instructions to the letter. No difference for me.
Absolutely no clue why this isn't working. Phone is running fine though. Just not prettified the way I want it to be... :-/

Dialer keypad color issue with MM OTA?

Installed OTA yesterday. Anyone else not able to change dialer keypad from the mental hospital white? I would prefer a dark dialer keypad, which was available in Sense 6. The only option under personalize is default (white). Initially the same was true with the keyboard, but after changing themes in the new theme settings, I got other options for the keyboard that were part of those themes. Still only default for dialer keypad, and no theme change would change it either, so regardless of theme chosen I still only get white.
I looked around the forums and saw that some had the same problem with sense 7 ROMs running on M8 and M9. There was a workaround by uninstalling the dialer app, and then updating it or simply reverting back to sense 6 dialer, but I've no option to do that under the app (just force stop, no uninstall).
Kind of at a dead end in figuring it out. Don't care for the bloat of 3rd party dialer/phone/messaging apps, but might have to try one. I'm not into rooting or mods on my main communication device, and so this phone has never been anything but stock (except for apps available in the store, naturally). I did have Apex launcher as my app launcher at the time of OTA, but that should not have thrown a wrench into the update (at least I don't think it should have). My next step is to factory reset to see if that resolves it...which I'm not eager to do.
Any thoughts?

Use the themes app and download a new keyboard theme.
Not all themes come with keyboard recolouring...

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Use the themes app and download a new keyboard theme.
Not all themes come with keyboard recolouring...
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Thanks for the reply. I tried that. None of the themes had any affect on the dialer keypad -- still just white --, even the ones that showed in the preview to do so. The keyboard was changeable with via applying themes.

Hmmmm, if it is a Sense 7 based Sense 6 ROM , it won't work, AFAIK the only official Sense 7 ROM is Stock Rooted, soon will also have Bad Boyz 4.0.
Try the stock rooted, then report back please!

I'm not running a ROM, I'm newly OTA updated with Marshmallow, so I'm stoock Sense 7. I guess I'm wondering if what I described (only white phone dialer keypad) is normal behavior for Sense 7. Like I said, I can't change the color of the phone dialer keypad from white, either in settings or themes. If this is correct behavior for stock sense 7, that's OK, and I'll explore other options by way of a phone app.
Again, thanks.

It doesn't seem like normal behavior, I'm on Stock rooted MM...that is literally just changing the theme for me.

EVOuser94 said:
It doesn't seem like normal behavior, I'm on Stock rooted MM...that is literally just changing the theme for me.
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Got it to work. Don't know what the problem is. Some themes that show a change to the dialer in the preview do change it when applied, some do not. Now to find a way to edit the theme and retain the change to the dialer.
Thanks for the help.

Same problem same solution. I've only got one theme that was actually able to change the dialer colour to black "darkside" but I hate everything else about it. Could you suggest any other

EMUI 8.1 custom Themes issues (partially incompatible with EMUI 8.0 themes)

Hi,
This thread is to report custom themes issues - as I noticed currently available themes (working fine on EMUI 8.0 phones) are partially incompatible with EMUI 8.1 on our P20 phones.
Known issues (EMUI 8.1 vs EMUI 8.0):
- sms app is no longer supported (there is no longer Huawei sms app - Google Messages instead, completly inconsistent with EMUI design...)
- some (not all) custom screen locks are not working
- custom settings menu icons are not visible (only default ones)
- general issue with non-system app icons - most of them are not changing with theme (even if there is custom icon inside theme)
- custom status bar and notifications are not working
I received my P20 today, so i'll update above list during my tests. If you notice any not listed issue - let me know, i will add it.
I'll try to find a solutions for that issues - but of course any help is appreciated

Life saver!
I've been playing around with the themes and noticed my notifications had disappeared from the lock screen. I had assumed it was another setting I'd changed by mistake, but couldn't find what I'd done.
Found this thread last night, stuck the theme back to Romance, and the notifications are back!

mushtafa said:
Life saver!
I've been playing around with the themes and noticed my notifications had disappeared from the lock screen. I had assumed it was another setting I'd changed by mistake, but couldn't find what I'd done.
Found this thread last night, stuck the theme back to Romance, and the notifications are back!
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But you can use custom theme with standard lock screen - and notifcations should appear

Any custom lockscreens that work with notifications? I tried a few but none display spotify lockscreen controls. I ask because I'd prefer a lockscreen with the clock at the top instead of the bottom like the magazine theme.

Syph0nX said:
Any custom lockscreens that work with notifications? I tried a few but none display spotify lockscreen controls. I ask because I'd prefer a lockscreen with the clock at the top instead of the bottom like the magazine theme.
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Try lockscreen from my SimpleP theme - there is a clock in the top and spotify controls work

I have the same problem. I tried some custom themes and now, no matter what theme I choose, notifications won't expand, I can only read notification first line. And yes, with some custom themes, notifications won't show at all.
@mr.mrcn I can't find SimpleP theme

jshooter said:
I have the same problem. I tried some custom themes and now, no matter what theme I choose, notifications won't extend, I can only read notification first line. And yes, with some custom themes, notifications won't show at all.
@mr.mrcn I can't find SimpleP theme
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It is in my app (link is in the signature). But notifications in this lock screen don't expand either.

They are not expanding for me as well, seems like a stupid bug (much like no synchronized volumes with Bluetooth audio devices)

EMUI 8.1 ignores all xml images in custom themes, they are displayed by default.

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- general issue with non-system app icons - most of them are not changing with theme (even if there is custom icon inside theme)
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Not quite true, in my theme are all icons changed, and some other stuff too. I don't have much time to look around, but some paths of icons are different from previous versions. Will try with png's and new folder paths. ???

rawdealer said:
Not quite true, in my theme are all icons changed, and some other stuff too. I don't have much time to look around, but some paths of icons are different from previous versions. Will try with png's and new folder paths.
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Because all icons are round and there is no special mask in this icon pack Look at my screenshot - there is a mask, but for unknown reason is not applied to some icons (like gmail, slack, whatsapp..), but for other it is (facebook, telegram..).

mr.mrcn said:
Because all icons are round and there is no special mask in this icon pack Look at my screenshot - there is a mask, but for unknown reason is not applied to some icons (like gmail, slack, whatsapp..), but for other it is (facebook, telegram..).
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If you like it that way.....

rawdealer said:
Sorry, but you did it wrong.... But, if you like it. Yep, you're right :cheers
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What i did wrong?
hanniSK said:
EMUI 8.1 ignores all xml images in custom themes, they are displayed by default.
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Yes, you are right :/

Why cant we change status bar icons (quicksetting) and settings icons? Only need to change those to get phone to look like i want.

Zirc92 said:
Why cant we change status bar icons (quicksetting) and settings icons? Only need to change those to get phone to look like i want.
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Some files in the theme are now overlooked by the system (EMUI 8.1).

mr.mrcn said:
Some files in the theme are now overlooked by the system (EMUI 8.1).
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Do you think this will be fixed soon?

Probably Huawei actually wants it like this, I think they would've fixed it already

vinci_giordi__ said:
Probably Huawei actually wants it like this, I think they would've fixed it already
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I think not..they would not include a theme engine if they do not want customers to change the look of it..but that is my opinion

lordjan1986 said:
I think not..they would not include a theme engine if they do not want customers to change the look of it..but that is my opinion
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You can still change UI colors and drawer icons... Maybe they just want you to do it/they want developers to optimize their themes for the p20/p20 pro before allowing them to change navbar icons/notification tab icons and stuff, at least imo

No Status Bar for me at all, tried Factory reset, the same.

Question Problem displaying custom icons in the AOD

Hi everyone! I have Android 12 with the latest version (C.41) and the problem was already there with the old version of Android 12. I have installed a custom icon pack and the icons present in the AOD are sometimes not fully displayed but it shows only one corner of the icon, as if they were cut to 1/4. With stock icons, on the other hand, no problem. Anyone experiencing the same bug? Of course I also tried other icon packs.

Hey there. Yep, it's not just you! When I wrote to Oppo (Japan, where I am) about this, they seemed perplexed and not familiar with the issue. Anyway, it can be "fixed"... by reverting to default icons. Seems that pretty much any custom pack will do what you are saying (and, you may notice: not all the time, right? Kind of random. SOmetimes, your custom icons wil show, sometimes you get the 1/4 weirdness).
IF you are using a launcher like Nova, changing the AOD back to default only changes those icons - Nova wil keep your custom icons elsewhere the way you want them.
As an aside, would be nice for Oppo to make those AOD icons a tad bigger so we can glance and easily see them when the phone is sitting on a desk etc.