Launchers of like Touchwiz, iPhone, MIUI and DELL android tablet use those squared backgrounds for the icons on their home screen.
I've searched XDA for a themer/dev who has done this but no luck.
People seem to rather remove the iPhone's icon style but I think it looks nice.
Now I want to achieve this effect on a Sense or non-Sense based ROM without photo shopping every icon.
So is there a way to mod a Standalone Launcher like LauncherPro or ADW to have this icon style?
I'd love to help if any dev wants to give this a shot.
Thanks.
Ah, on second thought, I posted this at the general android forum because I can get more answers there, sorry.
Please delete this thread.
I've posted the thread here instead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824477
Soooo ... for the past couple days I've decided to give up my Sense ROM on my G2 and switch to CM6.1 Final, with the Gingerbread Theme. But for some reason I can't find a way to install the docks & icons. I've seen on many thread folks asking questions about installing custom docks and icons and I figured I would just start this. If anyone know's how to do it, feel free to post the instructions here.
Thanks!
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Soooo ... for the past couple days I've decided to give up my Sense ROM on my G2 and switch to CM6.1 Final, with the Gingerbread Theme. But for some reason I can't find a way to install the docks & icons. I've seen on many thread folks asking questions about installing custom docks and icons and I figured I would just start this. If anyone know's how to do it, feel free to post the instructions here.
Thanks!
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The launcher that comes with CM6.1 is ADW Launcher. Personally, I prefer Launcherpro. Both launchers have the ability to change the dock background. Try out launcher pro from the market and see which you prefer. Then you can go into the "Appearance" settings and change the dock to a pre-loaded dock or to a custom dock by selecting "custom" (it will then take you to your SD card to choose your custom image.
As for the icons, I use Bettercut found in the market. But if your not willing to spend, then Desktop Visualizer is another great option. They both allow you to change the shortcut icons.
Hope this helps!
I agree with Nissan. Been using Launcher Pro for about a week now and love it. I tried using a similar app when I was using my Cliq, but it made it super lag. With all the pwer behind the G2, u shouldn't notice anything too drastic as far as performance goes. And if you're overclocked, well then all the better
MrSneakerKing said:
Soooo ... for the past couple days I've decided to give up my Sense ROM on my G2 and switch to CM6.1 Final, with the Gingerbread Theme. But for some reason I can't find a way to install the docks & icons. I've seen on many thread folks asking questions about installing custom docks and icons and I figured I would just start this. If anyone know's how to do it, feel free to post the instructions here.
Thanks!
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T-mobile G2 running Cyan Stable OC to 1.3
launcher pro is the way to go. i like it alot.
Hey .... thanks for all the responses. I'm going to attempt your suggestions and get back to you.
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Damn ADW
I've flirted with ADW the entire day and there is no way to change the dock to anything custom. I'm going to download LP and just use that for my docks/icons and etc. Screw ADW.
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I've flirted with ADW the entire day and there is no way to change the dock to anything custom. I'm going to download LP and just use that for my docks/icons and etc. Screw ADW.
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Lmao! That's the same way I felt about ADW. ADW uses theme files that you can get in the market. When applied, it changes your wallpaper, icons, and dock background. I'm pretty confident that you will like LP if you don't like ADW.
not only does ADW lack an easy way to theme it but it also lacks 3d app drawer and the flick up app dock is super laggy on Vision, at least it was the last time I used it.... LPFTW!
EdTeach1680 said:
not only does ADW lack an easy way to theme it but it also lacks 3d app drawer and the flick up app dock is super laggy on Vision, at least it was the last time I used it.... LPFTW!
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I also have Launcher Pro. Do u know of any quick way to theme it? Theme as in change the app drawer icons.
Figured it out ... LP is much better than ADW.
Mobile Devices: T-Mobile G2 Rooted & All That Jazz
ROM: Cyanogen 6.1.1
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MrSneakerKing said:
Figured it out ... LP is much better than ADW.
Mobile Devices: T-Mobile G2 Rooted & All That Jazz
ROM: Cyanogen 6.1.1
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"it" being how to theme the icons?
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"it" being how to theme the icons?
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"It" being changing the dock background. I meant to post my screen to show some folks but for some reason it didn't post.
Hey guys. So I'm running Kings Unleashed R5 w/ Gravity On Ice theme and couldn't be happier with it. I'm kinda new to theming so I apologize for the noob question. I found and downloaded an icon pack for GOI which had about 10 in it. What I'm trying to find out is does this mean that's all I can use? Are widgets from other Sense roms compatible. I can't find it now but there was a Pandora 4x1 clear widget that I really liked. I've searched the forums only to turn up nothing. Anybody can help I'd really appreciate it.
If thats all the icons that it had in it, then yes. That said you can use any icons you want depending on how you want to install them, ie via root explorer by swapping the .png files, pushing them or via your launcher if you use adw or lp. Im very new to this so I'm not sure on the sense widgets. I would think that so long as they arent for a version of sense that's newer than the one on your rom you would be fine, but please verify before trying as I dont use sense often (waiting for virus to finish fixing his kingdom port). Oh and no idea on that widget sounds sweet I like clear backgrounds. Hope this helps
I love the weather widget on the stock TouchWiz UI, but I can't seem to use it on other launchers (apex, nova) and I was wondering if theres a way to maybe pull it from files and use it or something like that. Or even if theres a very similar app. Thanks
Search the forum and you'll find about ten other threads asking for the same thing.
Download UCCW -Ultimate Custom Clock Widget, and then go to the thread in Android Themes in XDA. There's an exact match there.
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Download UCCW -Ultimate Custom Clock Widget, and then go to the thread in Android Themes in XDA. There's an exact match there.
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Do you have a link for where the exact match is? Or an idea more or less when it was posted? It's a huge thread to go through
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Do you have a link for where the exact match is? Or an idea more or less when it was posted? It's a huge thread to go through
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No, sorry. I may have it saved on my old Inspire, I'll check tonight for you.
If you want to search for it, its definitely in the second half of the thread.
UCCW (For those that aren't familiar with it)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsirohi.customwidget&hl=en
Themes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694879
Now, I wish I could find a kang of the Sony Xperia Clock/Widget that will install on Touchwiz.
Is the nexus theme shown in the following P6 review available ? http://www.androidcentral.com/huawei-ascend-p6-review
Hmm looks like a launcher as Nova or Apex with a jb wallpaper
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Hmm looks like a launcher as Nova or Apex with a jb wallpaper
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I would follow this :
1. Change your home screen.
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There are a lot of cool options for launchers, but Nova Launcher is probably your best bet for this purpose (Play Store Download Link). Simply using the default settings of Nova immediately makes your phone look a great deal like stock.
2. Customize your “look.”
holo_iconsYou’re also going to want to change your icons. Holo Icons is filled with stock icons, and looks great with Nova (Play Store Download Link).
You can even download stock wallpapers for an even more Play Edition experience. The Play Edition devices come with a new SunBeam live wallpaper, which you can download for your device for free (Play Store Download Link). If you’d rather have the other, non-live wallpapers that come with Jelly Bean, you can also get those in the Play Store (Play Store Download Link).
And if you want that minimalistic clock you see above, you can get that too, with Clock JB (Play Store Download Link).
3. Change your lock screen.Jelly_Bean_Search_Widgets_and_Halo_Launchr
The lock screen is the part of your device that you see the most often. Just like launchers, there are many options for alternate lock screens as well. For the purpose of making your device look like a stock device, Holo Locker is your best option (Play Store Download Link). It has many customization options, it’s stable, and it looks cool.
4. Install Google apps.
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Stock Android devices come with only Google created apps. That includes the stock keyboard, which Google released on the Play Store a few months ago. Also make sure you have Gmail, Maps, Chrome, Calendar, and any other Google apps you desire. You can find them all in the Play Store through this link.
dialer_cameraYou’ll probably notice that there are some stock apps that are on stock devices, but that Google hasn’t released to the Play Store. You’re not going to be able to find all of them, but some, like the Camera app, complete with the awesome Photo Sphere feature (Download Link) and the Dialer (Download Link) have been leaked for you to enjoy.
5. Make all of these apps default, and disable bloatware.
While setting up these apps, some will prompt you to make it the default app, but others will not. Make sure you make all of them default, so they will open automatically whenever you want to use them. You can do that using a very useful app called Default App Manager (Download Link).
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If your device isn’t stock, it comes with a lot of your carrier and manufacturer’s bloatware. Without rooting, it’s hard to get rid of it all, but if you go into Settings / Apps, you can individually tap on the bloat apps and manually disable them. For more information, check out our guide on disabling bloatware. Also, if you’re using Nova Launcher, you can upgrade to the premium version and make them disappear from your app drawer and have them out of sight.
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here is mine screen ###
I´m using Apex Launcher with the Jelly Bean 4.3 HD Theme. It replaces the most Huawei icons with the default android ones. Tried Nova first, but placing widgets at the home screen doesn´t work with it.
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?m...ead&tid=194645
I read about this theme in a post on development section
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46077710&postcount=15) ,
someone knows how to translate what is written on this site? can we downlod and use as .hwt theme ?
THX
interdan said:
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?m...ead&tid=194645
I read about this theme in a post on development section
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46077710&postcount=15) ,
someone knows how to translate what is written on this site? can we downlod and use as .hwt theme ?
THX
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I have managed to reach their dowload site of that second theme:
http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=3818376665&uk=3406717033
Use google chrome browser and translate and click normal download.
This is theme section of forum. Many themes there:
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=44
How to download:
1) go to a china theme thread and the end of the first post you probably see a locked link. It gets unlocked only when you reply to that thread.
2) On clicking the locked link, you probably end up in signup/login. I already had account on english forum, i just used that and password in the two sections. But im not sure if that actually created new account or logged in same account. The login id is done using email id. So email id and password.
3) after typing email id and password, it led me to a page with a single section to type. I was stuck here. But got around it. It basically asked to type a nickname. So type forum nick name.
4) now that you successfully logged in, reply to the topic to get theme unlocked
I have installed it. Freakin awesome. Customizes the whole thing. Cant sleep today.
I tried these three themes:
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=193267&extra=page=1
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=194645&extra=page=1
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=192683&extra=page=1
Works fine. No issues noticed yet. In two of those themes, you wont get the clock as shown in screenshot. Its maybe a separate widget.
Also one of the theme, the screen lock is different from screenshot. There is no lock icon anywhere as supposed to be according to screenshot. But just swiping over screen unlocks it in a different way which looks cool by itself.
Note that the themes section does not come under a "p6" section. So themes could be for other EMUI versions and other models. I dont know if problems might happen if other used.
Tried this holo theme:http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=78602&mobile=yes
Very beautiful too. But again, although on the details it mentions that widget has been customized, yet i dont see where that is. I dont get the clock widget as shown in screen shot.
thanks so much
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I have installed it. Freakin awesome. Customizes the whole thing. Cant sleep today.
I tried these three themes:
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=193267&extra=page=1
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=194645&extra=page=1
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=192683&extra=page=1
Works fine. No issues noticed yet. In two of those themes, you wont get the clock as shown in screenshot. Its maybe a separate widget.
Also one of the theme, the screen lock is different from screenshot. There is no lock icon anywhere as supposed to be according to screenshot. But just swiping over screen unlocks it in a different way which looks cool by itself.
Note that the themes section does not come under a "p6" section. So themes could be for other EMUI versions and other models. I dont know if problems might happen if other used.
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These themes are amazings! I have installed the second and looks great ...without any bug.
Enviado desde mi HUAWEI P6-U06
These themes are spectacular, I love the Miui Style on my P6 :victory:.
neodante said:
These themes are amazings! I have installed the second and looks great ...without any bug.
Enviado desde mi HUAWEI P6-U06
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Can you share this themes, here pls.
Thanks in advance.
Remember a majority if not all the themes located on vmall's website automatically append the .txt extension. Just rename the extension to .hwt and copy to your themes dir located on internal or external sd card. The themes app should automatically scan those directories and import on opening.
alex.79 said:
Can you share this themes, here pls.
Thanks in advance.
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Here you got it :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468360
New Miui style Huawei P6 Theme
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I tried this flyme 3.0 theme:
http://cn.club.vmall.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=196888&extra=page=4&page=1
Its a neat and sweet theme but a little incomplete. The folders open as opaque window which is unique, but the font within that is in a black color that is not visible. It should be made white, and also the homescreen should be dimmed out a little more when opening folders, so that the opaque folder does not cause stuff on homescreen to show up in folder. The dialpad could have been made with a flatter keypad and a color that matches theme overall, but that isn't really a problem. Also a couple of icons have not been updated and may look out of place.
If someone knows how to edit this theme and fix those issues, it would be great.
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Here you got it :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468360
New Miui style Huawei P6 Theme
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Thanks, looks great
Also came across this huawei site, that promotes competition for prize money on different issues including themes.
http://zh.ui.vmall.com/partner/?f=cate&catid=20
But unfortunately the themes seem to be only in that drawing phase.
neodante said:
These themes are amazings! I have installed the second and looks great ...without any bug.
Enviado desde mi HUAWEI P6-U06
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is the status bar change with you ? like miui status bar ?
frdan said:
is the status bar change with you ? like miui status bar ?
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Exactly,changes the status bar and the toggles.
neodante said:
These themes are amazings! I have installed the second and looks great ...without any bug.
Enviado desde mi HUAWEI P6-U06
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neodante said:
Exactly,changes the status bar and the toggles.
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still stock status bar with me . i cant get miui status bar style !!!! whatss wrong