Hello
I am a casual rom flasher zip flasher restore to factory then move on to next handset kind of guy. I have 0 development experience.
I am quite irked and strongly dislike the white background themes of the s5, could anyone point me or help create something compatible for android 5.0 that removes or inverts the white, and makes the text another visible color like blue or white or something.
The settings screen is terrible with all the white, I would keep everything the same except the font text, and white background and make it black if i knew how.
The Dialer is terrible and white again
The keyboard is white the messaging background is white (i really miss all the colors schemes of the galaxy s2, an outdated but heck of a device.)
The about screen and menu prompts are white (all the sub options under settings are white)
Why do the carriers insist on making everything white, and why do us carriers not allow for theme changing (this was issue with the g3 which i gave up to go to the s5 for the battery saving mode because the g3 battery died in less than 5 hours, but the g3 even was all white with no theme changer stock)
I am willing to donate beer or coffee to whoever can create something to address these issues
I will appreciate being pointed in the right direction of anything that exists that can help me solve these white screen theme issue
there is something i came across through xposed framework that was Lthemer or lollopop themer but it did not work for me or i did not know how to use it.
I am reaching out to the community thanks and I appreciate it. I only created this thread because all the things and mods and themes i saw were for kit kat and not lollipop
seeking for help from a developer
I will love to have dark aosp theme like what ve done with xterolite BoB3 in s5 themes and apps fourm it was great ... waiting
dr_1407 said:
i will love to have dark aosp theme like what ve done with xterolite bob3 in s5 themes and apps fourm it was great ... Waiting
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follow ozop by @stangdriver44 in the android dev forum. He will be posting themes soon. The guys a beast and doesnt sleep. Hope this helps man
michael.racelli said:
hello
i am a casual rom flasher zip flasher restore to factory then move on to next handset kind of guy. I have 0 development experience.
I am quite irked and strongly dislike the white background themes of the s5, could anyone point me or help create something compatible for android 5.0 that removes or inverts the white, and makes the text another visible color like blue or white or something.
The settings screen is terrible with all the white, i would keep everything the same except the font text, and white background and make it black if i knew how.
The dialer is terrible and white again
the keyboard is white the messaging background is white (i really miss all the colors schemes of the galaxy s2, an outdated but heck of a device.)
the about screen and menu prompts are white (all the sub options under settings are white)
why do the carriers insist on making everything white, and why do us carriers not allow for theme changing (this was issue with the g3 which i gave up to go to the s5 for the battery saving mode because the g3 battery died in less than 5 hours, but the g3 even was all white with no theme changer stock)
i am willing to donate beer or coffee to whoever can create something to address these issues
i will appreciate being pointed in the right direction of anything that exists that can help me solve these white screen theme issue
there is something i came across through xposed framework that was lthemer or lollopop themer but it did not work for me or i did not know how to use it.
I am reaching out to the community thanks and i appreciate it. I only created this thread because all the things and mods and themes i saw were for kit kat and not lollipop
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dont know what rom your on but check it out cause @stangdriver44 dropped his theme today
I am currently using stock, but i will look for it thank you.
bx10r said:
dont know what rom your on but check it out cause @stangdriver44 dropped his theme today
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I am currently using stock, but i will look for it thank you.
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Im an avid sick and twisted user....u wont be dissapointed
plz developers
Im jelous coz international roms have dark aosp theme i want to know the steps to port it to our tmobile lollipop and i will make it or some developer help me and we can work together plz i would love to see it on my tmobile s5 DOB1 vision-x
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I Noticed that many developers are including the new Rotary Lockscreen in the recent roms that have been released, and thought I would create a thread entirely devoted to Custom Lockscreen Mods for our device. I don't claim to be a developer or themer, but however noted that we have some of the best themers and developers in the Vibrant thread so thought I would start a thread for those who would like to share some themed Lockscreen Mods. I have extracted several settings apk's from several roms and noted that they do work or are compatible with different roms. This thread in no way seeks to minimize the hard work of those developers who have included Rotary Lockscreens in their roms, but only seeks to stir up the creative juices of others who may want to share some of their work. Thanks!! Credit goes to Whitehawx & Hoey2011 for making this possible on our devices. Heres hoping that they will continue to bring their creativity to this thread along with other themers and their themed lockscreen mods.
Thanks to Whitehawx for getting this working on our device and shout out to Hoey2011 for these Lockscreen themes and Brick'd, RobZarzecki and others who supported this. More to Come in different colors and flavors! Stay Tuned!!
Hot Screenies
1st waves of morphs compliments of Hoey 2011. Flash with Metamorph and should be all good. NOTE: The star wars mod may not work after you apply this but the other 5 lockscreens work without a hitch. This is the 1st wave of morphs and all glitches that are found will be worked out accordingly. Whatever theme you are using should not be affected as shown in screenies using Danny Doans Theme with Hoey2011 themed Lockscreen with Rotary. Enjoy and Be on the lookout for more soon!
Current Article
http://androidspin.com/2011/02/18/rotary-lock-screen-mod-for-samsung-vibrant/
Great idea, there are many out there, hopefully you can get a few posted that work with the frame work each are using.
Sent via my TW Bionix imbibed Vibrant with a Splash of Color
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I Noticed that many developers are including the new Rotary Lockscreen in the recent roms that have been released, and thought I would create a thread entirely devoted to Custom Lockscreen Mods for our device. I don't claim to be a developer or themer, but however noted that we have some of the best themers and developers in the Vibrant thread so thought I would start a thread for those who would like to share some themed Lockscreen Mods. I have extracted several settings apk's from several roms and noted that they do work or are compatible with different roms. This thread in no way seeks to minimize the hard work of those developers who have included Rotary Lockscreens in their roms, but only seeks to stir up the creative juices of others who may want to share some of their work. Thanks!!
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On the rotary lockscreen I noticed 6 open spots. It sure wuld be nice to have like text messaging on one of them
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On the rotary lockscreen I noticed 6 open spots. It sure wuld be nice to have like text messaging on one of them
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This would be so cool.
the sixth spot may go to Star Wars -full credit to Whitehawkx
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the sixth spot may go to Star Wars -full credit to Whitehawkx
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Yo RobZ im going to post a couple of framework apks and possibly a couple of those setting apks that we discovered works on particular roms just to get it started a little im still contacting a few people to just make sure its ok. Thanks to brickd he okd to post his saturated grey rotary framework and going to check with others also. Its nice to be able to change out lockscreens according to personal pref if compatible. Imagine if someone could develop a lockscreen changer this would be the business!
Hello everyone! Hmmm where to begin. I have done a little poking around regarding adding additional shortcuts to the rotary. I for one would like to have it show missed calls/texts on the center piece and you swing one way or the other to shortcut to it.
Something another dev in the fascinate forums PM'd me about was using the rotary to answer/decline calls. That would be freakin awesome. I'm going to be investigating this as I think it might actually be easier to do than what I said above.
Jcc, I like your idea for an app that can change out colors/themes/ect on the lockscreens. I'm going to do some talking with Roman later to see if we can't work something out for this (he's the java/app expert ).
I do have some other lockscreens I'd like to port over, including the multilock from CM and the iFail...err... i mean iPhone slider lockscreen. No promises on anything though. Anywho, its time to vape!
Whitehawx, I am using Axura 2.3 and when I flashed it the rotary lockscreen didn't appear in my list. I flashed it again and themed it with Gen x red and it still didn't show up. I wanted the rotary look so bad that I found the one attached in the market. Its called GOTO LOCK. If you look at it, I can roll the arrow to the right and hover over sms (my handcent) and it will preview my messages and the same for phone calls and my gmail. It also shows the number of each if any are waiting. Allows me to customize background as well. On the box up top it allows me to silence ringer, vibrate or turn ringer on and a few more gadgets as well. I think if you could incorporate something like this into rotary it would take it to the next level!
BTW...any idea why the rotary lockscreen didn't show up with the rom?
Thanks.
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Whitehawx, I am using Axura 2.3 and when I flashed it the rotary lockscreen didn't appear in my list. I flashed it again and themed it with Gen x red and it still didn't show up. I wanted the rotary look so bad that I found the one attached in the market. Its called GOTO LOCK. If you look at it, I can roll the arrow to the right and hover over sms (my handcent) and it will preview my messages and the same for phone calls and my gmail. It also shows the number of each if any are waiting. Allows me to customize background as well. On the box up top it allows me to silence ringer, vibrate or turn ringer on and a few more gadgets as well. I think if you could incorporate something like this into rotary it would take it to the next level!
BTW...any idea why the rotary lockscreen didn't show up with the rom?
Thanks.
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Hmmm I am unsure why the mod would not work, but doesn't Axura 2.3 come with the rotary lockscreen already? Flashing my mod should work, but you would lose all of your theming, ect. Seems odd that it wouldn't work though.
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Hmmm I am unsure why the mod would not work, but doesn't Axura 2.3 come with the rotary lockscreen already? Flashing my mod should work, but you would lose all of your theming, ect. Seems odd that it wouldn't work though.
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I dont know. Strange. Right after I flashed and went to into settings, display and unlock screen, it only shows the 4 options. Rotary is not even there. I didnt want to lose the theming from my Gen x red theme so that's why I downloaded the one from the market.
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Hello everyone! Hmmm where to begin. I have done a little poking around regarding adding additional shortcuts to the rotary. I for one would like to have it show missed calls/texts on the center piece and you swing one way or the other to shortcut to it.
Something another dev in the fascinate forums PM'd me about was using the rotary to answer/decline calls. That would be freakin awesome. I'm going to be investigating this as I think it might actually be easier to do than what I said above.
Jcc, I like your idea for an app that can change out colors/themes/ect on the lockscreens. I'm going to do some talking with Roman later to see if we can't work something out for this (he's the java/app expert ).
I do have some other lockscreens I'd like to port over, including the multilock from CM and the iFail...err... i mean iPhone slider lockscreen. No promises on anything though. Anywho, its time to vape!
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Yeaaa Whitehawx appreciate you picking up on this. One of the things I appreciate about EDT is they're a class act and are loaded with creative minds. Whitehawx thanks for responding to this thread and look forward to the freshness. Hopefully the lockscreen changer will come to fruition this would be hot. That lockscreen that roman is thinking of releasing on trigger is the business!!
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Whitehawx, I am using Axura 2.3 and when I flashed it the rotary lockscreen didn't appear in my list. I flashed it again and themed it with Gen x red and it still didn't show up. I wanted the rotary look so bad that I found the one attached in the market. Its called GOTO LOCK. If you look at it, I can roll the arrow to the right and hover over sms (my handcent) and it will preview my messages and the same for phone calls and my gmail. It also shows the number of each if any are waiting. Allows me to customize background as well. On the box up top it allows me to silence ringer, vibrate or turn ringer on and a few more gadgets as well. I think if you could incorporate something like this into rotary it would take it to the next level!
BTW...any idea why the rotary lockscreen didn't show up with the rom?
Thanks.
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Where can I get the flashable for this hotness seen in the screenshots posted? Running trigger romance beta rom my phone would make love to this lockscreen. Ha lol!
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Where can I get the flashable for this hotness seen in the screenshots posted? Running trigger romance beta rom my phone would make love to this lockscreen. Ha lol!
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Funny.....Lol. It's actually in the market. It's called GOTO LOCK. It's a buck 50 but well worth it. I only found it because the rotary that whawx created for the roms wouldn't show up when I flashed axura 2.3 and I really wanted a rotary unlockscreen.
jcc332006 said:
Yeaaa Whitehawx appreciate you picking up on this. One of the things I appreciate about EDT is they're a class act and are loaded with creative minds. Whitehawx thanks for responding to this thread and look forward to the freshness. Hopefully the lockscreen changer will come to fruition this would be hot. That lockscreen that roman is thinking of releasing on trigger is the business!!
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that's whitehawk's doing, btw
mainevent3405 said:
Whitehawx, I am using Axura 2.3 and when I flashed it the rotary lockscreen didn't appear in my list. I flashed it again and themed it with Gen x red and it still didn't show up. I wanted the rotary look so bad that I found the one attached in the market. Its called GOTO LOCK. If you look at it, I can roll the arrow to the right and hover over sms (my handcent) and it will preview my messages and the same for phone calls and my gmail. It also shows the number of each if any are waiting. Allows me to customize background as well. On the box up top it allows me to silence ringer, vibrate or turn ringer on and a few more gadgets as well. I think if you could incorporate something like this into rotary it would take it to the next level!
BTW...any idea why the rotary lockscreen didn't show up with the rom?
Thanks.
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Because genx red isn't for Axura 2.3
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that's whitehawk's doing, btw
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Yes I saw this mentioned in the trigger thread. However he said you were the Java expert. Collective creative development gotta love xda. I'm going to mess around and learn how to do some of this stuff one of these days. Instead being a leaching donator.LOL! My wife tells me that I'm on here so much I ought to know how to cook by now.
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Because genx red isn't for Axura 2.3
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I know this is your rom, but maybe you should check that statement again. Annex distinctly stated that he ported it to be used on 2.3. Also it's on YOUR website as such as well.
Generation X - Red
Red & Amazing!
Originally made by: D3StRoY
Most credits go to him! Without him, this theme would not be here before your eyes!
Original theme: http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=898892
This is for Axura 2.3.0.0! Don't flash this if your Axura version differs!
Know your neighborhood!
Hey guys, I made a little mod of the rotary lockscreen for bionix V 1.2.1, based on the GingerBlue theme. Therefore, when you flash this zip, you will have a blue themed phone, only for what framework-res touches. There are no changes to tw-framework, so that apk is not included.
This is a clockwork flashable, and it clears your dalvik cache, so it takes ~3-4 minutes to reboot after flashing it. I was a bit worried because of how long I was having to wait after flashing, but then I realized I have 200+ apps, and that makes rebuilding the dalvik-cache a little time consuming. Screenshots included, here's the link to the mod:
http://www.4shared.com/file/ryMYzZYU/HoeyBWRotary.html
If there's enough interest in this sort of thing, I'll take whatever lockscreen ports there are to handle, and make them customizable for our Vibrants I'm a themer, not a coder heh heh
Edit: I suggest trying this with a black and blue theme, because that's what I designed this little inspiration after. the jog icons are black and transparent, not black and blue like the screenshots suggest, it's just the blue smoke from the wallpaper.
I added a space wallpaper to demo a little better the way it looks
EDIT #19390487: I will consider making these theme a Metamorph simply for the possibility of avoiding replacing the entire framework-res.apk . Metamorph may make it possible to avoid the time-consuming flash/dalvik-cache wipe process I am using now for the theme. Then again, everything has room for improvement, including this mod! Keep in mind, this is a *rough* draft of an idea, and the idea was made specifically for me. If you don't like it, then throw up some suggestions. I will give folks a run down in a separate thread from this, so you can have an idea of what I can change and the effects it will have. That way, this thread can stay open to new *actual* modifications, rather than just aesthetic ones. So basically, I am going to take what progress comes from here, and theme it to gooey goodness. I have a simplistic stylistic preference, but you all may not!
Where exactly are lockscreen-containing files located within the ROM?
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Hey guys, I made a little mod of the rotary lockscreen for bionix V 1.2.1, based on the GingerBlue theme. Therefore, when you flash this zip, you will have a blue themed phone, only for what framework-res touches. There are no changes to tw-framework, so that apk is not included.
This is a clockwork flashable, and it clears your dalvik cache, so it takes ~3-4 minutes to reboot after flashing it. I was a bit worried because of how long I was having to wait after flashing, but then I realized I have 200+ apps, and that makes rebuilding the dalvik-cache a little time consuming. Screenshots included, here's the link to the mod:
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/HoeyBWRotary.zip?w=4cbb60d5&dl=1
If there's enough interest in this sort of thing, I'll take whatever lockscreen ports there are to handle, and make them customizable for our Vibrants I'm a themer, not a coder heh heh
Edit: I suggest trying this with a black and blue theme, because that's what I designed this little inspiration after. the jog icons are black and transparent, not black and blue like the screenshots suggest, it's just the blue smoke from the wallpaper.
I added a space wallpaper to demo a little better the way it looks
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Where exactly are lockscreen-containing files located within the ROM?
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Hoey dang that lockscreen is sweet!!thanks for joining the discussion. I'm going test this baby out. It looks Great. Please feel free to Share some of your Lockscreen mods. That's why I started the thread because I believe themers such as yourself as well as others could post the hotness!
@ Oxirane It's either the Framework_res.apk or The Setting.apk and using root explorer you can copy it in systems/framework directory and if you use the setting.apk you can copy it in Systems/Apps folder. It's funny though because I've discovered that on some roms the framework_res.apk file changes the lockscreen, and on others all you have to do is push Settings apk to Systems/Apps. Maybe someone could expound on it for us. Make sure before you push any file with rootexplorer on your phone. SAVE your original files so that if something goes haywire you can just recopy those files as it will give you back your original look before the push. You could also just flash a rom with it already on it also. Hope this makes sense! Chime back if it works for you.
Update: Unable to download from dropbox its giving a error message. Could you post the Mod here in the thread. Thanks.
Stock Contacts and Phone Themed Transparent. Im not a big fan of transparent apps, but I know some people are. This can also be a base for other themes.
Dialer background before placing a call can be themed as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215898
The only other image I really changed was the blue button when speaker is on, because I had to.
In call dial background, I think transparency has to be set using .xml, I tried replacing with transparent image and just turned black. Could possibly be done later, will have to do some digging. You can change the image to whatever you wish by following link above. I personally don't think a transparent incall background would be real cool, it would probably confuse me a bit while im looking for my key to press.
theres a black bar in scolling contacts list, pretty sure this in colors.xml, can change if needed.
Anyways ,there it is, enjoy. tested on 160 & 210dpi
As usual keys are off the screen in high res. ( may be able to do .xml edits to control this a bit. But a have one more theme planned first.
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for more screenies, updates etc.
Id' love to hear feedback guys, lets me know how Im doing. Even screenshots are cool! thanks
congratulations you did it, chrisrotolo you're great
yeah, no prob. I'd like to see what themes we can come up with. Im working on one now
cheers!
thanks chrisrotolo,
very nice on streakdroid 1.9.1 with RedStreak 0.4 theme.
Installed it today ! nice job.
Just one thing : is it possible to have white numbers on the caller ? quite all my walls are dark so it's difficult to make a call...
JB
absolutely follow my guide for custom theme, simple as swapping out .png's I dont have streak 5 anymore, and havent themed since....
not bad, but I prefer stock theme
chrisrotolo said:
absolutely follow my guide for custom theme, simple as swapping out .png's I dont have streak 5 anymore, and havent themed since....
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WOW, Chris! Sorry to hear that. What do you have now?
Thank you very much for all of the theming and help you have provided the Streak community. It is much appreciated!
kraz
streak 7 running DJsteves HS R6, last ROM prior to official Dell release. Love it OMG! really nice.. Only thing I dont like about this is gamelofts non support for s7. battery can go quick. Happy with it, no theming planned at the moment, but Im sure I will later. Always here to help though. Hopefully 5 will be getting ICS one way or another..
Hello,
Are there any kind souls who can share the latest mobile theme editor (v4.15 if I am not wrong...) to everybody? Apparently, I read from everybody that Samsung pratically rejects everybody that requests for it, even including professional themers. And whats more, I am not even a themer... However, I am desperate to make my own custom themes as the themes in the theme store sucks and are full of childish themes. I know that there are which shares the mobile theme editor but they are not up to date and most of the UI in Android M cannot be themed.
Or perhaps some themers can help me make a theme for me? If you can, please tell me and I will send some screenshots about the theme that I want to be implemented on my phone.
Anyway, if you are Samsung Developer, please only make the request compulsory if somebody wants to publish his/her theme to the theme store and make the Samsung theme editor public to everybody so that we will be able to make our own custom themes.
Thank You for reading! :laugh:
Cheers,
XenRon
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I've been doing Theme based mods (and more) since the days of my HD2 and S3. I used to use the UOT Kitchen as well as home brewed hacks. I am currently using the outdated V3.x.x Samsung Theme Editor that I found somewhere on XDA. It works...but barely. It's missing many options of my G930W8 stock rom.
I have researched and it seems Samsung is tight about allowing anyone to use their theme software. Even if you apply and jump through the hoops as a developer, other users reported that they are strict and/or lazy to approve.
It's just a cosmetic theme editor. Really quite harmless and hard to mess up.
Would like to see version 4.x.x available to folks like us.
Since nobody wants to share, J am going to try applying! I am left with the last step which making the application icons...
Will get back to you guys as soon as I get my results!
XenRon said:
Since nobody wants to share, J am going to try applying! I am left with the last step which making the application icons...
Will get back to you guys as soon as I get my results!
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I'm rooting for yah. (No pun intended lol) Fingers crossed.
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I'm rooting for yah. (No pun intended lol) Fingers crossed.
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Thanks! Might take quite a while though...
I want the damn editor too. I wouldn't even sell the themes I make, I just want to make my own. I have no UX / UI stuff to put on a portfolio so I'll probably get rejected from the get go
Hi guys the latest version of theme editor is 5.0.20.Has anybody got the latest version? If yes please share the download link...
I'm done with everything except for the icons... Arghh those damn icons.
I just have the 3,0
damn i really want it lol
Did you get rejected? They start taking applications the third Wednesday of every month and it goes on for 2 weeks
joeyakaspce1130 said:
Did you get rejected? They start taking applications the third Wednesday of every month and it goes on for 2 weeks
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I don't think I am ever continuing, since substratum is out for samsung
I do not blame you... I myself have literally just found rootless substratum for samsung too ?
share the new one please, the old one can't support 7.0
hi.. glad to see all of you who desperately want Samsung galaxy theme editor. Themes in samsung theme app are full of **** and made by non professional users. Using Editor, at least i can make my own custom themes for personal use. Please post a link for Samsung Theme editor latest version. thank you.
Credit goes to @xpirt for his idea!
Here is a video showing some of the LG G6 UI. Images attached of stock system apps!
Let me know if you'd like to see something specific.
In this video I played with:
Stock Launcher, and you'll see Nova Launcher
Some Display Settings Display Scaling, theme switch, and extended screen capture.
Link here if the embed doesn't work!
https://youtu.be/k7JH3cVxW0M
Hello, could you post screenshot for adding new event and how date/time picker looks?
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Hello, could you post screenshot for adding new event and how date/time picker looks?
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Here you go
Thanks! Does G6 have full month calendar widget? If yes please post screenshot of it with some example event added.
On new event page there is: cancel, pocket and save. What is "pocket" for?
and the last thing: incoming call and during call screen please
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Thanks! Does G6 have full month calendar widget? If yes please post screenshot of it with some example event added.
On new event page there is: cancel, pocket and save. What is "pocket" for?
and the last thing: incoming call and during call screen please
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Attached, there is a button to "pocket" in the calendar. I haven't used it!
Can you show me what the theme chooser app looks like?
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Can you show me what the theme chooser app looks like?
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Here you go. Let me know if you need anything else. I am also super interested to test your themes if you need any testers.
Is there much bloat apps?
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Can you show me what the theme chooser app looks like?
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Also interested in testing if needed. I've purchased several and would love for them to work on the G6.
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Also interested in testing if needed. I've purchased several and would love for them to work on the G6.
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Well i have one theme working on thr G6 right now and I have a thread open in the themes and apps section for support and feedback.
Now this is slightly tricky because there are some obstacles I am facing with porting some of these over. I cannot port over them all due to some extreme ui differences in a few apps. The main issue (but not the only one ) is because with the G6 there are a few apps where the text is hard coded white and thr same apps the trxt is hard coded black. So in short one device will get screwed with either dark text on a dark background or white text on a light background which creates readability issues. I most certainly cannot have that happen. And also the G6 has a lot of different elements that can be themed. So if i were to add those to an exisiting v20 theme it will cause the v20 to no longer work because it's telling the theme engine to theme xxx icon or xxx color which isn't supported. Thus the theme doesn't function. So that's an issue.
So what the plan is, is to port over a few themes that I can get it to function properly on both devices and the ones that can't will have to be a new theme.
Off the top of my head the ones that can expect to work on all devices are: Dark Nougat (already updated and live), Flow, Indigo flow and crush.
Remix, Vector, Dark Material, Dark AOSP, Pixel Ui are not going to work and will have to be new themes that will only work with the G6.
I'm not sure about Dark Ui theme yet. It may or may not work.
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markbencze said:
Well i have one theme working on thr G6 right now and I have a thread open in the themes and apps section for support and feedback.
Now this is slightly tricky because there are some obstacles I am facing with porting some of these over. I cannot port over them all due to some extreme ui differences in a few apps. The main issue (but not the only one ) is because with the G6 there are a few apps where the text is hard coded white and thr same apps the trxt is hard coded black. So in short one device will get screwed with either dark text on a dark background or white text on a light background which creates readability issues. I most certainly cannot have that happen. And also the G6 has a lot of different elements that can be themed. So if i were to add those to an exisiting v20 theme it will cause the v20 to no longer work because it's telling the theme engine to theme xxx icon or xxx color which isn't supported. Thus the theme doesn't function. So that's an issue.
So what the plan is, is to port over a few themes that I can get it to function properly on both devices and the ones that can't will have to be a new theme.
Off the top of my head the ones that can expect to work on all devices are: Dark Nougat (already updated and live), Flow, Indigo flow and crush.
Remix, Vector, Dark Material, Dark AOSP, Pixel Ui are not going to work and will have to be new themes that will only work with the G6.
I'm not sure about Dark Ui theme yet. It may or may not work.
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I tested this theme for the Dev and it definitely had white on white text in the sms app. The dialer had black text (ABC) on a dark grey background as well but I don't know if either are hard coded.
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bamfsig45 said:
I tested this theme for the Dev and it definitely had white on white text in the sms app. The dialer had black text (ABC) on a dark grey background as well but I don't know if either are hard coded
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Correct. There are some issues. Some are fixable amd some are not.
Oh btw you're not allowed to link to play store themes that are paid. You may get in trouble for that. I purposely didn't quote that part of your post should you wish to edit that out!
markbencze said:
Correct. There are some issues. Some are fixable amd some are not.
Oh btw you're not allowed to link to play store themes that are paid. You may get in trouble for that. I purposely didn't quote that part of your post should you wish to edit that out!
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appreciate that.
markbencze said:
Correct. There are some issues. Some are fixable amd some are not.
Oh btw you're not allowed to link to play store themes that are paid. You may get in trouble for that. I purposely didn't quote that part of your post should you wish to edit that out!
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Interesting you say that, because I have some issues with some of the LG free themes from their smartworld store. Mainly with the notification panel. When there is a notification, the text is white same as the background. I am surprised on how they can mess up big time like that!
matteosaeed said:
Interesting you say that, because I have some issues with some of the LG free themes from their smartworld store. Mainly with the notification panel. When there is a notification, the text is white same as the background. I am surprised on how they can mess up big time like that!
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Oh dude the smart world themes are so bad. I mean i get that they're free but they are just bad!
Got my view 20 yesterday here in Holland, ran one update after the other , landed on build 9.1.0.230 and went looking right away for a compatible dark theme to get rid of that annoying white layout..
Tried a a couple of dark themes developed for EMUI 9.0 / 9.1 , quite buggy oln Magic 2.1.0, but at the end I think I found one quite compatible and looking great (just changed the wallpaper):
(Edited)Deep Black by Maurydes
Nearly perfect so far, only the 3 navigation keys/icons at the bottom in some situations are not really good visible, but then again, I am not that young anymore, needing reading glasses.
BY THE WAY, I'm not using the stock launcher, whatever it's called...
I go with - Nova P rime launcher - all the way and all the time, since many years ago...
Cheers
EDIT 4 aug. 2019
Another way , easier...
Just go to the Play store and run it.
Not exactly the same dark theme I had, but it's as nice and dark as... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=emui.en.com.gpix2dark
Also, try this
Third party theme app to push various themes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deishelon.lab.huaweithememanager&hl=en
And follow the instructions to the letter.
The other theme I mentioned - DEEP BLACK V2 from Maurydes, you will find it also here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20/themes/deep-black-emui-9-theme-t3877187
And all kudos to him ..
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Interesting stuff. I've tried a few themes from the Huawei/ honor store to change things round but the settings always seems to stay same. White! How did you get the emui theme? Is it accessible from the theme app on the v20? Many thanks.
@voyager_s
You will needed a third party app that will push the theme to the stock theme app
I will post a tutorial tomorrow, hold on...
too busy over here and I just got my View 20...
Actually I found another way , easier...
Just go to the Play store and run it.
Not exactly the same dark theme I had, but it's as nice and dark as...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=emui.en.com.gpix2dark
First post will be updated.
Cheers.
Thanks for the ideas. I have just tried the theme. It works to some extent but not ideal. All the settings are now all black and cannot read the text even! :laugh: think I'll go back and keep looking around. Good to know there are workarounds though!
voyager_s said:
Thanks for the ideas. I have just tried the theme. It works to some extent but not ideal. All the settings are now all black and cannot read the text even! :laugh: think I'll go back and keep looking around. Good to know there are workarounds though!
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Interesting...Over here the text is white, so, very visible and nice..
Have you got Magic UI 2.1?
Perhaps try changing Text style with the stock themes app
Also try using a third party theme app to push various themes:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deishelon.lab.huaweithememanager&hl=en
And follow the instructions to the letter.
The other theme I mentioned - DEEP BLACK V2 from Maurydes, you will find it also here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20/themes/deep-black-emui-9-theme-t3877187
And all kudos to him ....
By the way...
I found many dark themes working fine here : https://club.hihonor.com/in/themes/247/forums.htm
Search for the ones compatible with Magic UI 2.1 (read description ). After installing a theme, reboot the phone immediately...
If it doesn't work for you, or you are doing something wrong or there is something wrong with your device ...
Good luck
Minimal dark working flawless so far:
https://mega.nz/#!vvpQjITC!tznBfhcxhNOiHe8J3uZzmrOeu08qAYuvO2_hhFSON_k
betoNL said:
By the way...
I found many dark themes working fine here : https://club.hihonor.com/in/themes/247/forums.htm
Search for the ones compatible with Magic UI 2.1 (read description ). After installing a theme, reboot the phone immediately...
If it doesn't work for you, or you are doing something wrong or there is something wrong with your device ...
Good luck
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Ok will give it a go when I have a chance. :good:
will you be able to make whatsapp notifications with black background and white font for example?