[Q]How to make a custom theme - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

According to my opinion, every Rom out here or basically each Rom compares up to each other. The only difference on choosing a Rom is based on Taste! However some Rom's outmatch others in performance but sadly lack some design issues and I would love to change that
My question?
I would like to work with the TouchWiz System UI and start to edit it, I would like to start with three things.
Editing the System UI Background
Changing the System UI Icons
Phone APK
If someone can help me or tell me how to do it, link me to a guide or got any ideas, know that you are more then welcome to share!

Check the Themes section, there's plenty of threads which will give you pointers & there's also some tutorials to get you started.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433053
Feel free to ask what you like.

Heh. Your thread was the first thing I noticed when I ran an eye over Themes ;-)
dully79 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433053
Feel free to ask what you like.
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MistahBungle said:
Heh. Your thread was the first thing I noticed when I ran an eye over Themes ;-)
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It's just one in a sea of many on xda, but i think its the only one in these forums?

It's the gold standard so far as how to theme goes on here mate ;-)
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It's just one in a sea of many on xda, but i think its the only one in these forums?
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[Q] Howto Rom modding

Hi All,
I have started using X10i a month or so back and so far have been flashing many ROMS and finally settled on CM6 mod by [Cyanogen6.1.3]gingerbread[v01] : by http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1022236
However now i am moving to the next step which i thing would be to mod my own ROM. however after looking at the whole forum i was not able to find some straight forward startup guide for this.
can anyone help me on this.
It takes years of learning coding... only by creating this thread, you've shown us that your uncapable of doing that.
ohk so i have checked again the whole forum
found : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697938
let me seep that in and then will firein more targetted question .....
a2ha said:
It takes years of learning coding... only by creating this thread, you've shown us that your uncapable of doing that.
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he just need the way .. weather he wil be able to follow the way or not cannot be decided by YOU bro.. dnt be rude... just encourage young developers... And if you dont wish to help them then dnt help (i.e want you have done).. BUT at the same time ATLEAST dont discourage them...
Well, are you interested in modding the ROM in its core,
or applying modifications like themes, framework-res changes and tweaks?
Because if the latter is the case, it's quite easy.
You just open the ROM zip and tweak yourself away!
But if you actually want to build a ROM, then, as it has been already said,
it is not easy.
My_Immortal said:
Well, are you interested in modding the ROM in its core,
or applying modifications like themes, framework-res changes and tweaks?
Because if the latter is the case, it's quite easy.
You just open the ROM zip and tweak yourself away!
But if you actually want to build a ROM, then, as it has been already said,
it is not easy.
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Yeah ur are 100% correct mate... and this is the way to spread education ... not by the way of getting rude... and 2ndly yeah building rom is not easy but everything shud be tried then only +ive results can be achived..
Thanks for the tip buddy seems like i will start with some tweaks and move forward to custom ROMS as i gain more traction in the whole android world.
My_Immortal said:
Well, are you interested in modding the ROM in its core,
or applying modifications like themes, framework-res changes and tweaks?
Because if the latter is the case, it's quite easy.
You just open the ROM zip and tweak yourself away!
But if you actually want to build a ROM, then, as it has been already said,
it is not easy.
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a2ha said:
It takes years of learning coding... only by creating this thread, you've shown us that your uncapable of doing that.
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wow
and you have shown that you are incapable of spelling. Its called karma. You give an attitude, expect one back. So he wants to learn, there is no need to bash somebody for it.

[R] Request - List of Single Mods?

So there is now a general list of most of the kernels available.. but what about Mods? Stuff like the modified boot menu (which I just flashed ). It would be nice (if possible) if there were a list of single/individual mods for things that people randomly have preferences for (e.g. 4 or 6 bars for signal strength and circle or regular battery etc).
Anyone else agree?
swimminsurfer256 said:
So there is now a general list of most of the kernels available.. but what about Mods? Stuff like the modified boot menu (which I just flashed ). It would be nice (if possible) if there were single/individual mods for things that people randomly have preferences for (e.g. 4 or 6 bars for signal strength and circle or regular battery etc).
Anyone else agree?
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this is too hard to do as every rom has different frameworks, apks etc. cant really make a "general" mod that will work for everyone.
chingy51o said:
this is too hard to do as every rom has different frameworks, apks etc. cant really make a "general" mod that will work for everyone.
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Nonono not a general mod! A list of mods that each do single, specific things.
*edit* nevermind I see what you are saying. But would it be too difficult to do something like the Mod for the expanded boot menu? There were only two versions (one for deodex and one for odex) that worked pretty broadly.
agreed would be nice...but sooooo difficult!!!
what's a mod???
a single icon change??? how about a group of icons??? transparent pulldown bar??? how bout translucent pulldown??? theme's, icons, skins, deodexed, odexed, sense, non-sense, aosp...
it's just too much
patdroid1 said:
agreed would be nice...but sooooo difficult!!!
what's a mod???
a single icon change??? how about a group of icons??? transparent pulldown bar??? how bout translucent pulldown??? theme's, icons, skins, deodexed, odexed, sense, non-sense, aosp...
it's just too much
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I was thinking more along the lines of just the single icon change ones. I guess it would be quite a bit :/
Why dont you do it if you want one so bad??? Take initiative.
dlongb13 said:
Why dont you do it if you want one so bad??? Take initiative.
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I was thinking about just that. I'd need to learn everything from scratch (not sure how to do any of it) and only have relatively basic knowledge of programming. Only a freshman in college! Don't have much free time but I will definitely get on it.
for a second there I thought the OP was looking for moderators who were single.
swimminsurfer256 said:
I was thinking about just that. I'd need to learn everything from scratch (not sure how to do any of it) and only have relatively basic knowledge of programming. Only a freshman in college! Don't have much free time but I will definitely get on it.
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Already started a thread for Mods but it's in the general section .. take a look and see what you think.. check out my sig for the link
kriskmk said:
for a second there I thought the OP was looking for moderators who were single.
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You know me
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onsht1kll said:
Already started a thread for Mods but it's in the general section .. take a look and see what you think.. check out my sig for the link
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See it. Yes that's the kind of thing I mean!
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Comparison of the various custom ROM's

So since there's only about 5 or 6 custom ROM's at the moment I took the liberty of creating a quick site to compare the ROM's. I put them in a comparison table side-by-side, put a link to download them (off my own site [so this can be used as a mirror]) and put a link to my own personal thoughts/semi-informal review of each ROM and included screen-shots of the ROM (90% of it I took myself).
I wanted to share the link/site with you to see what you think. I'm going to try and stay on top of updates and such, and each page on the site has a way for you to leave a comment. So if you have any suggestions or problems, feel free to comment there (or here). Also, if you want to submit your own review, thoughts, suggestions, etc. the site has a way for you to post it and I can look it over and publish it. I'd love for this not to be a one man show. If you have extensive experience with one of the ROM's and want to throw in your own review, post it there and I'll make it live and link to it in the comparison table.
I know I'm going to get blasted, told how stupid and useless the site is, etc. etc. and I'm prepared for that, but maybe you could also include a quick note on why it's stupid, what I need to add, how better to improve it, etc. you know, constructive criticism. I do know it's ugly and using a crappy default skin, but I was more concerned on getting content in there right now vs the look and feel of the actual thing; I'll get around to it, eventually. Anyways, I'm only trying to help.
http://sgs2.glitchsys.com/
Thank you, this is very helpful to a newcomer to Android. I'll try to find time to read through the reviews, as I want to find the right ROM without the hassle of flashing each one (but I guess you'll never know which one works best for you unless you try it...). The comparison table helps a lot.
Nice compilation! Was worth a read! Thanks for gathering all these into one
This is awesome! Many thanks. I had asked to setup something similar a while back with all the Galaxy Tab ROMs. Never took off. I can definitely see that this could take a bit of work keeping it current. Hopefully folks will help out in that area.
i like the work u did...
Thanks for this! Really helpful to new guys.
Serendipity is at 8.1; added the file to the server, updated the Download link and included his changes in the table. It's all good.
i dont think that site is stupid at all. I think it'll help a lot of the newbies but that takes a lot of work to update. As long as it stays updated, I dont see how anyone can say that its a bad idea.
One issue that the devs MIGHT have is that you saved their ROMs and update files to your own server. I know some devs dont like that (at least some on the captivate section didn't) but maybe thats different, here.
Really nice to see all the listed items in there, I know it would be hard to list them all but but maybe point out in the CM7 section more (if not including all seperately) the Modifications, Theme Chooser, Etc. that are built into CM7 by design without the need for more apps, rom tweaks. Also note that the CM7 camera does not have the same options as stock and how the video recording rate is not the 30 fps as with the stock roms. I am trying to be impartial here but thought I would note that looking at your site would make some think CM7 didn't have much to it, when in fact it has many options and setting built in that are not available to stock roms or how stock roms would need some other changes to get things to work the same. On another note the ONLY downfall I see with CM7 is the contact searching would be nicer to have a letter on the side.of the screen like stock does so I don't have to scroll all the way down to find a contact and would be nice to have speed dial working without another app from the market.
Just trying to point out a few plus's and minuses of CM7 to help you add to your great comparison site.
Sent From My KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
Nice work -- the only suggestion I would make is that UnNamed's section is huge compared to the others - so unless you are specifically recommending that one, you may want to equalize the columns.
But other than that -- I think a very helpful resource for folks who are new to the phone looking to get a quick comparison of which ROM to try first!
@RockRatt can I use some of your wording in my review? I'll update my CM7 section/review but you wrote a lot of nice ideas.
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@RockRatt can I use some of your wording in my review? I'll update my CM7 section/review but you wrote a lot of nice ideas.
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Of course you can. I am just trying to help out so others can see all the different roms in a somewhat even light as to function and features. I know it is/will be a work in progress and it is looking good.
Sent From My KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
I'm not sure if Geeklog has wiki features, but if it does maybe you could give some people editing rights in order to help you keep it up to date. Less work for you.
otherwise, excellent work!
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glitchsys said:
So since there's only about 5 or 6 custom ROM's at the moment I took the liberty of creating a quick site to compare the ROM's.
http://sgs2.glitchsys.com/
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Was looking for something just like this and now it's gone...anyone know what happened to it? or if there's another?
pinoymutt said:
Nice work -- the only suggestion I would make is that UnNamed's section is huge compared to the others - so unless you are specifically recommending that one, you may want to equalize the columns.
But other than that -- I think a very helpful resource for folks who are new to the phone looking to get a quick comparison of which ROM to try first!
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in other words, its best not to introduce bias..:victory:
mrluxe13 said:
in other words, its best not to introduce bias..:victory:
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pffffttt! competition is healthy. and it's not like people don't have their favorite and tout it as 'the best' at any and every opportunity anyway.
Holy Necro, Batman!
Yeh these crop up every once in a while. Should've sprayed it with crop duster. Dangit. Ah we'll next time .
The page is down.
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[Q] which are the Top EVO 3D roms

Can anybody tell me which are the top most downloaded for each year 2011 and 2012 roms right know, that are fully working
would u mind if u tell me which are senseless and which one have sense ( the ones that have HTC sense on them) plz
thanks in advance : )
What do you mean by "top rom"? The most downloaded? The latest software? The fastest?
Either way, like I tell everyone who asks this, there is no "best rom" for everyone. Everyone has different needs/wants in a rom. The beauty of rooting is you can try out a rom for a few days, and if you don't like it, flash another. Just try out a few and see what you like.
would u mind if u tell me which are senseless and which one have sense plz
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The dev will tell you this in the first post of every rom thread.
sitlet said:
What do you mean by "top rom"? The most downloaded? The latest software? The fastest?
Either way, like I tell everyone who asks this, there is no "best rom" for everyone. Everyone has different needs/wants in a rom. The beauty of rooting is you can try out a rom for a few days, and if you don't like it, flash another. Just try out a few and see what you like.
The dev will tell you this in the first post of every rom thread.
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I agree it's what the person wants and likes just depends on what they are looking for nothing is top #1 Just overall the looks and what you want on your phone... It's whatever your lookin for a bunch of folks prefer diffrent things.. Not one rom is the same non are # 1 just fun
Mean ROM and Clean ROM are the two best daily drivers you can find!!!!
They are fast, stable and good on the battery.
Also, great dev support.
TrofeoSC said:
Mean ROM and Clean ROM are the two best daily drivers you can find!!!!
They are fast, stable and good on the battery.
Also, great dev support.
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You clearly haven't tried viperom....I mean its the most popular and it definitely has the best support. Vin and viper dedicate so much time.
Evo3D.
PatrickHuey said:
You clearly haven't tried viperom....I mean its the most popular and it definitely has the best support. Vin and viper dedicate so much time.
Evo3D.
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I don't think he was saying that viperROM doesn't have good support, but rather that MeanROM does have great support.
I have been using Fresh. I don't know if it is the best or even good. It works well for me and I need my phone for grown-up (work) things, so I don't have time to try them all out. I wish someone would tell me which one is great and uses sense and has the most going for it.
Lol stock builds you tend to squeeze some nice battery life from. But again it boils down to what the op prefers.
Nothin is top lol. Most devs offer support if you get stuck . I offer help on my own builds or to whoever needs help . I bounce around here.
Most builds have dates that tell you how new it is. If you go to a overclocked rom your battery life won't be the best. Just depends on what you want.
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CLEAN & MEAN!!!! is the way to go!!! i always come back to them 2 roms.. gOOd stuff
sitlet said:
What do you mean by "top rom"? The most downloaded? The latest software? The fastest?
Either way, like I tell everyone who asks this, there is no "best rom" for everyone. Everyone has different needs/wants in a rom. The beauty of rooting is you can try out a rom for a few days, and if you don't like it, flash another. Just try out a few and see what you like.
The dev will tell you this in the first post of every rom thread.
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sorry i forgot to say the top downloaded of each year sorry din't proof read
Gietmex said:
sorry i forgot to say the top downloaded of each year sorry din't proof read
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Lol a bunch get downloaded a lot from folks tryin things.
Sent from the Reaper.
i get what ur saying but isn't there a way to know which one is the most downloaded or at least which one is the most popular through the internet
Gietmex said:
i get what ur saying but isn't there a way to know which one is the most downloaded or at least which one is the most popular through the internet
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You're asking us to go research every ROM for 2011 and 2012 and rank them in order for the 3d? Sorry brah. You could probably take a good guess by clicking on the development section, and see which ones are constantly posted to (popularity), which translates to downloads.
I'm running mean ROM n boy I love it!!!!! Tried many ROMS out there but none fit me., this one did the job! It's fast! Stable! And good battery life ....sometimes lol
1013forever ill love her!*
I think everybody is looking for a little wondering different in a ROM, so the answer to your question is 100% subjective.
After I rooted my 3vo, I flashed a new ROM nearly every 1-2 weeks, looking for that "perfect" ROM.
I have found two that I like enough to hold onto:
CleanRom
Viper
Just for the record, there are many ROMs I have not tried, so that's not to say there aren't others just as good.
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Hmgrepper said:
I think everybody is looking for a little wondering different in a ROM, so the answer to your question is 100% subjective.
After I rooted my 3vo, I flashed a new ROM nearly every 1-2 weeks, looking for that "perfect" ROM.
I have found two that I like enough to hold onto:
CleanRom
Viper
Just for the record, there are many ROMs I have not tried, so that's not to say there aren't others just as good.
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how can the most downloaded ROM or the most popular ROM can be subjective.
i'm not saying to tell me the best rom for me i just which one is the MOST DOWNLOADED
Gietmex said:
how can the most downloaded ROM or the most popular ROM can be subjective.
i'm not saying to tell me the best rom for me i just which one is the MOST DOWNLOADED
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There isn't a good way to find that answer since every rom is downloaded a insane amount and no one keeps track of downloads.... Devs are too busy whippin new things up
I agree with everyone and no one. MIUI is pretty popular I personally know about 15 people who are running that. Viper is another good one. Until we get something like Google Play for ROM's no one will ever know the answer. I have seen several blogs and what not that are titled something like "MOST POPULAR ROM's" but after reading them it would seem that they are ALL based on opinion and nothing more. I use more broken ROM's then ones where everything works so if there where a pole that met your criteria I wouldn't even be able to vote!
Which that the admins would start tracking the download and views it would make it so much easier to search
Remember when I had my hacked PSP I used to search themes and other stuff and there where all organize by popularity. Download times. Ect
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Gietmex said:
Which that the admins would start tracking the download and views it would make it so much easier to search
Remember when I had my hacked PSP I used to search themes and other stuff and there where all organize by popularity. Download times. Ect
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That isn't necessarily possible because ROMs are uploaded to different sites, servers, etc. Some show download counts like dev-host

[OOS] [P Beta] - Accent color HEX picker

Ey OnePlus 6 users
As you may know, in OnePlus 6 Android P developer preview 2, you can choose your accent color in RGB using their HEX code
Since I discovered this feature, I'm literally playing with it, changing accents every day, or few days !
I'm currently using #b71c1c which is a Material red tint.
I'm using two websites to pick cool hex colors :
https://www.materialpalette.com/colors which is a Material colors picker
I'm using this website as well, using pastel colors from their palettes :
http://www.color-hex.com/color-palette/5361
Feel free to share screenshots with your accent color
My attached screenshot is with accent #b71c1c
Cheers
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Ey OnePlus 6 users
As you may know, in OnePlus 6 Android P developer preview 2, you can choose your accent color in RGB using their HEX code
Since I discovered this feature, I'm literally playing with it, changing accents every day, or few days !
I'm currently using #b71c1c which is a Material red tint.
I'm using two websites to pick cool hex colors :
https://www.materialpalette.com/colors which is a Material colors picker
I'm using this website as well, using pastel colors from their palettes :
http://www.color-hex.com/color-palette/5361
Feel free to share screenshots with your accent color
My attached screenshot is with accent #b71c1c
Cheers
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I don't really understand the point of your thread. Only that your playing around with the custom accent colours feature in the Android P DP2 Release.
Here's something that you may want to look at before creating threads.
These are the forum rules:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/thread-t3333345
@Stephen
Sounds cool.. I'm gonna check it out thanks
awells845 said:
I don't really understand the point of your thread. Only that your playing around with the custom accent colours feature in the Android P DP2 Release.
Here's something that you may want to look at before creating threads.
These are the forum rules:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/thread-t3333345
@Stephen
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Damn dude, a little harsh and uncalled for I think. The point of his post, I'll explain for you, was to point out a couple of sites that can help people find hex codes to make finding colors easier.
awells845 said:
I don't really understand the point of your thread. Only that your playing around with the custom accent colours feature in the Android P DP2 Release.
Here's something that you may want to look at before creating threads.
These are the forum rules:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/thread-t3333345
@Stephen
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As @Eric214 pointed it out, this thread is meant to share a few websites to help finding cool accents, and I invite.DP2 users to share the colors they use. That enters in the subject of "themes and apps" afaik. I know the rules, thanks.
@awells845 That is something I would have not known about. If you know it all, you should have shared something useful other than pinned forum rules. lel
@dekefake Thank you
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@awells845 That is something I would have not known about. If you know it all, you should have shared something useful other than pinned forum rules. lel
@dekefake Thank you
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Lel well said
Your welcome, happy to share stuff with the community
I would love to see this feature added to OOS.
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@awells845 That is something I would have not known about. If you know it all, you should have shared something useful other than pinned forum rules. lel
@dekefake Thank you
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Actually you are both wrong. You're posting in a themes and apps section. Is there anyone on this thread offering a theme to download or an app to download? Sharing your experience with a feature built into software doesn't count. Maybe it would make sense if it was in the Guides News and Discussion section.
this feature must be in Android OS from day one !!
Google keeps way too many employees with broken hands as well as way too high number of designers with complete absence of any style sense !!
Huge shame on Google !!
and huge shame on Oneplus for not fixing it on their phone !!
angry customer.
awells845 said:
Actually you are both wrong. You're posting in a themes and apps section. Is there anyone on this thread offering a theme to download or an app to download? Sharing your experience with a feature built into software doesn't count. Maybe it would make sense if it was in the Guides News and Discussion section.
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rofl omg... are you the forum police? Dude get over yourself. You're just deflecting because you were just rude to someone trying to helpful and you can't admit you were wrong, just move on and learn from this.
Plus, I guess it isn't all bad as a moderator hasn't chimed in and moved it after a couple days.
Eric214 said:
rofl omg... are you the forum police? Dude get over yourself. You're just deflecting because you were just rude to someone trying to helpful and you can't admit you were wrong, just move on and learn from this.
Plus, I guess it isn't all bad as a moderator hasn't chimed in and moved it after a couple days.
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It definitely relies in theming. Themes and apps section doesn't require a download link to an app. At least for me, Themes and apps are for customization, and I think it makes perfectly sense for this thread to be here, but of course it's fine if mods think it should reside elsewhere. But well, the thread makes sense and that all that matters.
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rofl omg... are you the forum police? Dude get over yourself. You're just deflecting because you were just rude to someone trying to helpful and you can't admit you were wrong, just move on and learn from this.
Plus, I guess it isn't all bad as a moderator hasn't chimed in and moved it after a couple days.
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For one I'm entitled to an opinion and it's annoying and misleading seeing threads that is just pure reading material that most OnePlus 6 users are already aware of. I guess I'll keep quiet and let the mods take of it in future.
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For one I'm entitled to an opinion and it's annoying and misleading seeing threads that is just pure reading material that most OnePlus 6 users are already aware of. I guess I'll keep quiet and let the mods take of it in future.
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Opinions are fine. No issues with them. But the op didn't just talk about something random, he did bring something useful for people if they want to be able to find hex codes for colors in the beta builds. So it's not pure reading and misleading. And not to mention, we will all be getting that color thing in the future Android P release so all will benefit knowing where to find color hex codes.
Google Pixel Blue - #4885ED
thanks OP. I've been using this site, I like sticking with the google's material design color template
https://www.materialui.co/colors
I personally like the teal and cyan accents, just choosing whichever shade I want for the day :8
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thanks OP. I've been using this site, I like sticking with the google's material design color template
https://www.materialui.co/colors
I personally like the teal and cyan accents, just choosing whichever shade I want for the day :8
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I used that website as well for a few days. Pastel and material design tints do a very good job on OxygenOS
dekefake said:
I used that website as well for a few days. Pastel and material design tints do a very good job on OxygenOS
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yep! so glad they added the accent color HEX picker. The stock options I didn't really like (stuck with blue) but was glad to apply the material design teal to my theme!
I for one think this thread is very useful as I was trying to find a good place to find hex codes. And this is exactly where I would expect to find this kind of thread... In the themes section. Thanks OP! ?
try this...hex color picker

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