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[Q] Combining multimple themes ( SmoothSense + others )

Hi!
So, I decided to have a look inside AuraxTSenses framwork-res.apk ( applied SmoothSense to it ), and found .pngs and thought that I'm gonna try editing these. And so I did, and changed my lockscreen.
Then I did some more, and then I tried to change battery icons to Super Circle Battery just by replacing the .pngs and couple of xml files, but I ended up having no battery icon at all. Then I found UltraLinx's Minimal Matte Grey, and thought man I'd like to combine this and some of SmoothSense's icons + grey Super Circle.
Now, I know what I'm doing ( and did ) is NOT the right way, I basically just extracted the files I wanted to change, and then I threw the modified files back in to the framework-res.apk , and then I threw the modified framework to SmoothSense's installing zip and flashed the zip at recovery. And I did have the nice new lock screen look, but Theme Kitchen said that the framework is basically all the way corrupted.
So now I'd like to know what I need to do in order to do this thing correctly? The Theme Kitchen said that Minimal Matte Grey's framework is corrupted too, so I guess it's no good using it as the base-framework, and add the things I'd like to it? I know I'm supposed to sign something and compile and decompile and something?
If someone can give me any advice I would be more than grateful.

UOT Themes

Thought I'd start a generic thread for UOT Themes as I did a couple for the stock 4.6.8 rom. These aren't great, but at least they're a change from the stock, so maybe others with talent can do some as well.
I've attached the Red and light blue themes I've created. If you want to use them as starters, just extract the settings.uot file and go to http://uot.dakra.lt/ and choose file upload, settings to import these settings. From there you can alter the boot screens and colors as you like. You'll need to make sure you set everything for MDPI and use the framework-res.apk and Systemui.apk from your phone (or the rom you use on your phone).
The two zip's I attached are for the 4.6.8 rom, so don't use them on apex or CM7/9. You can however import the settings and use your own framework-apk and systemui.apk to make a version that works with your rom.
Please share any new themes or changes to these themes you have... They can definitely be streamlined because some of the items don't apply to our phone so more people working on these would help us all. It would also be nice to see some full non-uot themes in this forum, but this at least is a start.

Hi, man.
How can i change the lockscreen? motorola one is too ugly
select new lockscreen from uot kitchen didn't work for me
everything else work in uot kitchen i don't know why

[Mod] Simple Tutorial How to Change the Weather Text Color in the AOKP Drop Down Area

Just a small little tutorial with regard to changing the color of the text for the AOKP dropdown weather status lines.
- First copy your system-ui into whatever apk tool you like and decompile. For the purposes of this I will use the apk multi-tool. Once done, go to the res/layout/weather panel xml and add
android:textColor="#ff33b5e5"
Of course you can use any color hex code I use blue,,,well cause I like it LOL
- After the "android text size" code in line relating to the text such as the city id,,,temp hi and low id and others. Make sure you leave a space between android text size and the newly added color code.
- Once that is done save and back out.
- Recompile the system ui making sure to delete out the resources.arc and any changes you made such as the res/layout folder in the keep file made if you're using apk multi-tool.
- Once that is done, place the new system-ui in a flashable zip (in the system/app folder of that zip of course) and flash away. Enjoy and let me know if you have any problems.
If you liked or use hit the thanks button,,,PM me if you need help,,,PLEASE make a back up before you do anything with the system ui just in case you screw it up and need to go back!

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[Q] ediing SystemUI.apk

I am using a T989 4.0.3 UVLE1 rooted, otherwise stock. **DEodexed (added .bak to systemUI.odex) and 14togglesBlue.zip MOD added
When i extract the SystemUI.apk in Root Browser i find resources/assests (images in .png format) relating to the battery, wifi/mobile data, and signal bar icons for the status bar. The stock look is a green motif/theme for the battery and gray for the other icons, but included in the files are ICS blue colored icons that i have yet to see in my status bar, these .png files are named slightly different or are in a folder that is named slightly different.
If i wanted to use the ICS Blue styled icons, which i do, would it be as easy as replacing the green icons with the blue ones and renaming them?
Root browser allows me to extract SystemUI.apk so i can manipulate the files, ie rename and copy them, then when i am finished it only allows me to .zip SystemUI.apk
Is the .zip file created "flashable"? Is there a stndard/correct way of doing this?
Thank you.

HATe410 said:
I am using a T989 4.0.3 UVLE1 rooted, otherwise stock. **DEodexed (added .bak to systemUI.odex) and 14togglesBlue.zip MOD added
When i extract the SystemUI.apk in Root Browser i find resources/assests (images in .png format) relating to the battery, wifi/mobile data, and signal bar icons for the status bar. The stock look is a green motif/theme for the battery and gray for the other icons, but included in the files are ICS blue colored icons that i have yet to see in my status bar, these .png files are named slightly different or are in a folder that is named slightly different.
If i wanted to use the ICS Blue styled icons, which i do, would it be as easy as replacing the green icons with the blue ones and renaming them?
Root browser allows me to extract SystemUI.apk so i can manipulate the files, ie rename and copy them, then when i am finished it only allows me to .zip SystemUI.apk
Is the .zip file created "flashable"? Is there a stndard/correct way of doing this?
Thank you.
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Okay this is totally wrong.... lol
In order to edit any apk you need 7zip and apk manager or apk tool. And you need to properly deodex your system. Simply renaming systemui.odex to .bak will not "deodex" your ROM. I dont remember how to deodex anymore cause i dont run ROMs odexed. There are numerous threads explaining how to deodex so use search and google my friend
But you are on the right track. you could simply rename the .png files. But you have to rename them to exactly the same name as the ones which are being displayed currently. Or you could edit the status_bar.xml file and target the new .png files which is a bit more difficult but cleaner. Cause if you rename the new png files, you have to either delete or rename the old png files. Which i recommend the later.
Then you need to recompile the systemUI.apk with apk manager or apk tool (whichever you decide to use) google them both to get a better understanding of them. I dont wanna just "tell" you what exactly to do because i had to google everything myself, and in my googling i learned a lot more than what i wanted which made everything so much easier to do.
Also, when you recompile the apk, do not sign the apk. You could zip align the apk which i do to all my mods to ensure they are correct.
Hope this helped and good luck! If you need help just PM me or post in the thread. I respond to PMs quicker though. But have fun

So i used a MOD created by jim93 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1616189) to edit a systemUI.apk to add ICS style blue battery, blue WiFi status with blue/white upstream/downstream symbols, and blue Signal bars. All while maintaning the toggles and quick panal settings.
Now i would like to:
1. ICS Blue Clock + Remove AM/PM
2. Obtain a better battery icon with percentage inside battery
3. Transparent Notification window
4. Activate 180 degree rotation
I would like to make these adjustment on stock 4.0.3 UVLE1 software
I cant find a custom ROM that doesnt compromise on at least 1 basic feature, also very bad experinces with ROMs in the past. For me the Stock system is very stable and EVERYTHING WORKS
Can someone please help me locate the Files needed to edit these items, or at least let me know if any of my goals are completely impossible
Any advice or information is greatly appreciated
THANKS XDA!
if anyone would like my modded file (.zip) i can gmail it to you, really i only replaced .png (image files) no big deal

HATe410 said:
So i used a MOD created by jim93 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1616189) to edit a systemUI.apk to add ICS style blue battery, blue WiFi status with blue/white upstream/downstream symbols, and blue Signal bars. All while maintaning the toggles and quick panal settings.
Now i would like to:
1. ICS Blue Clock + Remove AM/PM
2. Obtain a better battery icon with percentage inside battery
3. Transparent Notification window
4. Activate 180 degree rotation
I would like to make these adjustment on stock 4.0.3 UVLE1 software
I cant find a custom ROM that doesnt compromise on at least 1 basic feature, also very bad experinces with ROMs in the past. For me the Stock system is very stable and EVERYTHING WORKS
Can someone please help me locate the Files needed to edit these items, or at least let me know if any of my goals are completely impossible
Any advice or information is greatly appreciated
THANKS XDA!
if anyone would like my modded file (.zip) i can gmail it to you, really i only replaced .png (image files) no big deal
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I have done most of these edits that you would like to try and I will tell you this if you search google with the information you need you will find tutorials on everything you are asking for. This is what I did and how I learned these fun tasks. Everything you want to do especially in ICS can be accomplished. Also check out a site called UOT Kitchen, it may save you on a step or two. Although learning how to do it is still quite educational as well.

over it
Of course i googled these topics, i google things ALL the time lol I've also used this site as a resource for over a year, tried all the apk modification tools suggested to no avail. Not understanding the instructions given here and being a tech/computer savvy person has made me very upset. This has caused me allot of stress and loss of sleep, Gave up returned my phone to factory settings goodnight
Thanks?

[Theme] MIUI v5 inspired theme for EMUI 4.0 by Wolfen [Update 2016-09-28] [ABANDONED]

MIUI v5 inspired Dark Custom theme
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Theme is compatible ONLY with EMUI 4.0 and was tested with P8 Lite running B564 and B574 firmware
Features:
- MIUI inspired theme (not intended to be 1 to 1 reproduction of MIUI interface)
- Dark UI for messaging
- Slightly Dark UI for contacts
- Some framework/icon changes
- Music Player lockscreen controls themed
- Changes to default EMUI widgets (90% transparency as default) - the widgets no longer mirror MIUI widgets
- Total of 2932 MIUI icons
Credits for assets being used:
- EMIUI by maximax2795 ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-p7/themes-apps/theme-emui-3-1-emiui-beta-t3233164 )
- ForR by For Team
- MIUIv5 by Alexander Moiseenko
- Miui V5 Darkness by Jasonevil (CM10.1 theme)
- New default wallpaper found by Vsx06 ( old/default MIUIv5 wallpaper can be downloaded from here : http://miuiandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wallpaper_006.jpg )
- Default Font (Thanks to Benj Esguerra) ( https://plus.google.com/112627753943691303063/posts/LJ2mong7MuX )
WARNING! Please read the below HOW-TO before applying!
Due to the size of the MIUI v5 dark custom theme (and limit on XDA for attachements) you need to download two ZIP files - extract them BOTH into the same directory (you will end up with two new files with extensions 001 and 002). Use 7-zip packer ( www.7-zip.org ) to extract the archive starting with 001. Finally you will get directory with HWT file.
If you want to have the new theme without the new font (or to keep the font you have set so far):
1. Download theme.
2. Extract theme (hint above).
3. Copy to the HWThemes folder on your mobile.
4. Apply theme.
If you want to have the theme with the new font (new font is the one you can see on the screenshots) please do the following: (WARNING! THIS WILL OVERWRITE THE SYSTEM FONT IN EMUI4.0!):
1. Download MIUIDark_CUSTOM_FONT.zip
2. Extract zip file.
3. Copy extracted theme file into HWThemes folder on your mobile.
4. Apply MIUIDark Custom FONT theme.
5. Do the same steps as above for the theme and apply the theme.
If you want to restore the default EMUI 4.0:
1. Download RestoreDEFAULT_Emui40FONT.zip
2. Extract zip file.
3. Copy extracted theme file into HWThemes folder on your mobile.
4. Apply RestoreDEFAULT Emui40FONT theme.
(you may need to reapply my theme if you want to have it again)
Download links for the theme:
See attachments section of this thread.
Download link for the new font - MIUIDark CUSTOM FONT (Droid Sans):
MIUIDark_CUSTOM_FONT.zip (6.10 MB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3807078&stc=1&d=1467994251
Download with the default font which can be restored:
RestoreDEFAULT_Emui40FONT.zip (4.96 MB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3807079&stc=1&d=1467994251
P.S. If you like this theme - rate the thread with 5 stars
P.S.2. I have sold my P8 Lite. Project is now abandoned and no future updates should be expected.

dude, I like the dark theme... but can I make a request?
can you re-make the theme, so it would also change the system settings background?
plain white with black text just isn't my thing...
I know that some themes can change that (full UI theming), I had a theme like that some time ago, but I can't find it anymore...
so that's why I'm asking you
thanks in advance

konopla4 said:
dude, I like the dark theme... but can I make a request?
can you re-make the theme, so it would also change the system settings background?
plain white with black text just isn't my thing...
I know that some themes can change that (full UI theming), I had a theme like that some time ago, but I can't find it anymore...
so that's why I'm asking you
thanks in advance
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I also would like to change the settings part at some point, so the update is possible.
Since there is no reasonable documentation available on the Huawei themes and the xml files are partialy in Chinesse (which I totally don't understand) it however may take a while. Unless I find any other theme with fully themed settings so I can review the XML file and assets used just to update the assets and XML files with the dark MIUI theme. In other words - depending on my free time I'll try to update it, however having ANY theme (compatible with EMUI 4.0) with that part themed would make this way quicker

wolfensg said:
I also would like to change the settings part at some point, so the update is possible.
Since there is no reasonable documentation available on the Huawei themes and the xml files are partialy in Chinesse (which I totally don't understand) it however may take a while. Unless I find any other theme with fully themed settings so I can review the XML file and assets used just to update the assets and XML files with the dark MIUI theme. In other words - depending on my free time I'll try to update it, however having ANY theme (compatible with EMUI 4.0) with that part themed would make this way quicker
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maybe I can find a full theme for you to re-make, so you'd only have to do a copy - paste?

konopla4 said:
maybe I can find a full theme for you to re-make, so you'd only have to do a copy - paste?
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It's not as easy as to just "copy/paste" stuff Assets need to be properly scaled, therefore in some cases the 9patch needs to be applied - and since I do not have any HWT previewer on PC I need to compile the HWT file - send it to mobile, apply theme, check how does it look like, get back to PC... etc... the same with updating XML file - since the naming used by Huawei is somewhat weird I keep updating one parameter at a time and check the results.
Anyway - having something built anyhow would help a lot as the amount of "change-compile_package-apply_on_phone" would be minimised
Example 1 (bit of XML config for Contacts):
<!-- 新建联系人actionbar标题字体颜色-->
<color name="contact_eidtor_title_color">#ffffffff</color>
<!-- section title 字体颜色 -->
-- Yes, the parameter name is "eidtor" not "editor"
Example 2 (asset image files):
Asset file name: res\drawable-xxhdpi\daier_call_btn_normal.9.png
-- Yes... the filename says "daier" not "dialer"
Anyway... guessing the correct file naming or parameter naming especialy for something missing in the configuration XML or in the asset image directories is sometimes tricky as you can see and may be a bit of challenge (that is why having a sample is a good help - because I can then copy and paste and know that the parameter name is "contact_eidtor_title_color" and not to experiment and wonder why the "editor" does not work

New update.

Hi! I really like your dark theme and i got a little request: can you please make a dark text when typing a SMS? Right now it's a light-gray color on white background and as result it's really hard to see something. Thanks!

V-Rico said:
Hi! I really like your dark theme and i got a little request: can you please make a dark text when typing a SMS? Right now it's a light-gray color on white background and as result it's really hard to see something. Thanks!
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I've changed the compose box to dark. First I've tried to change the color text but the color tag seems to be shared with another part of the UI...
No wonder there are lots of weird themes in the net... the Huawei tags do not make any sense...
Updated version 11 attached.

wolfensg said:
I've changed the compose box to dark. First I've tried to change the color text but the color tag seems to be shared with another part of the UI...
No wonder there are lots of weird themes in the net... the Huawei tags do not make any sense...
Updated version 11 attached.
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It looks cool now, thanks!

New update for MIUI light and dark to revision 13. All other themes removed from thread.

New update - v14.

New update to the themes.

Please make a version of theme that doesnt override font, thanks

V-Rico said:
Please make a version of theme that doesnt override font, thanks
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Version without the font attached.

Small update to MIUI Custom (both with font and without font).
Changes include icons in settings tab, backgrounds for various UI elements, few additional icon/asset fixes.

Great work mate.. Thanks
Sent from my ALE-L21 using Tapatalk

Attached you'll find two screenshot explaining why it ain't as easy to create a Huawei theme... and to be more precise - the dark theme with white text.
Yes... I have changed everywhere text color to white ( FFFFFF ) and here is the result...
Sometimes there is just missing tag in XML - once I add it (I need to guess the name) and set it to FFFFFF it MAY change the color to white as well. Unfortunately 1) It may also change some other UI element 2) The tag may have "by design" mispelled name like "eidtor" instead of "editor" or "daier" instead of "dialer" ... this is also something I need to either guess or get from another theme by analysing its XML files...
So... if anyone of you guys - have the documentation made by Huawei (or anybody else) about theming EMUI 4.0 - please let me know Trying to guess everything is time consuming and sometimes also impossible (I cannot guess what type of mistake they did in the tag name or asset file name
Anyway - enjoy the themes if you like them

New version of MIUI v5 dark custom theme: rev. 21
Changes:
1. Updated GPS icon (now matches the rest)
2. Updated graphic assets for messaging (previously white on white while searching for contacts)

Older versions of MIUI based themes were removed.

Update 22: Added lockscreen music controls theme.