Guys, all these custom ROMs and themes are fabulous, but the Samsung apps apparently can't be themed easily or replaced -- notably contacts. They stand out all blue like eyesores -- no way to match them to Gingerbread, even the blue version of gingerbread which are a slightly different shade of blue.
Is there any possibility of theming them at all? I'd love to take a crack at it if anyone has an inkling of how it could be done.
Update: Just after I post this I noticed that everyones started theming the default apps as of their last releases (R64, Blue Steel etc.). Can a mod delete this thread then? I'll PM them quietly.
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Here is a ported theme that was originally done by Manup for Dude's G1 rom.
This is for those with a 32A phone and is the Amon_RA 1.0.1H rom.
I hope i have done it justice porting it. I have added a couple of my own preferences and will be adding more. It is a VERY works in progress.... a very quick port. Statusbar is now black. havent updated other shots.
This is template size so you can easily update it.
Theme includes latest launcher from Cyanogen with 5 home screens and extra apps in drawer.
I have also attached a matching dxtop theme if anyone is interested.
If you like it donate to manup456. He worked hard on this and deserves the full praise for it.
Grab it from here:
manupblack Template-RAv1.1.0H-signed.zip
####things to do:
- add the new modified launcher with customisable apps drawer ++
- black status bar with white writing (white clock not possible at this time)- FIXED
- fix status bar icons to match theme better - FIXED
- ..........
-----other themes to come- Hero, palm pre.....
MontAlbert said:
Here is a ported theme that was originally done by Manup for Dude's G1 rom.
This is for those with a 32A phone and is the Amon_RA 1.0.1H rom.
I hope i have done it justice porting it. I have added a couple of my own preferences and will be adding more. It is a VERY works in progress.... a very quick port. Statusbar is now black. havent updated other shots.
This is template size so you can easily update it.
Theme includes latest launcher from Cyanogen with 5 home screens and extra apps in drawer.
I have also attached a matching dxtop theme if anyone is interested.
If you like it donate to manup456. He worked hard on this and deserves the full praise for it.
Grab it from here:
manupblack Template-RAv1.1.0H-signed.zip
####things to do:
- add the new modified launcher with customisable apps drawer ++
- black status bar with white writing (white clock not possible at this time)- FIXED
- fix status bar icons to match theme better - FIXED
- ..........
-----other themes to come- Hero, palm pre.....
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I have already made the palm pre theme working for cyanogens for pvt32a
blingblingslyna said:
I have already made the palm pre theme working for cyanogens for pvt32a
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that's nice but i am talking about Amon_RA's build.
To be absolutely honest with you; I think it looks horrific.
hehe... your opinion... but thanks for that.. i'll be sure to tell Manup you thing its crap.
dont like it, dont use it.
Don't worry, I won't use it. Disliking this theme doesn't mean I dislike everything he did. One should be able to recieve both positive and negative feedback. A solution to make this look more attractive would be disabling jpeg compression in your preview screenshots. Jpeg makes everything look horrible and blurred, especially hard reds, blues and greens. I'd start with enhancing that. Furthermode I'd not downsize the previews because that blurs the whole thing as well.
To state I didn't just suck the feedback out of my thumb:
You can barely read the battery status (looks like he modified the battery I did for my own theme).
The color for the background behind the time doesn't fit the other colors.
On the first screenshot you/he used 4-5 teints of blue... it's overly blue.
yeah i see your point.... didnt even look at the pics myself.... sorry about that... just stuck them straight in from what screenshot app took....
as for the blues- i see what you mean- never really looked at it that closely.....i did do the clock bgd colour though- with the same blue it was too dark to read clock properly and i was unable to edit services.jar to make it any other colour....tbh i think i prefer the different blues....is that an issue having too many blues? I am in medical field, not graphics....
i changed the battery on the black one so i could see it properly....good point.... i must have noticed that too.... or maybe it was coincidence i changed it.....
i prefer hero myself but occasionally i will try this- a bit dark for my likings though.....
thx for the feedback though- when i make one myself from scratch maybe i will get you to look over it- seems you have better eyes than me..... i really dont look that closely at it....
I'm an experienced theme designer I made dozens of Sony Ericsson themes in both THM+sysgfx and Flash Lite 2.1 Check "Photographer" profile at http://www.se-nse.net .
Maybe my critique was a little harsh, sorry about that
Too many teints of the same color can cause disharmony and the black and blue combination isn't the best there is... I mean, there is no variation in this theme. It's all black with a bit of blue...
To get you started: The blue you applied behind the clock is more purple than blue, try changing it to a more contrastive color like an almost white, and definately don't use harsh rectangles in a round shaped UI like Android Instead use rounder shapes, try Photoshop's rounded rectangle tool with a nice r. One of the things I do like about the theme is the "Android" text on drawn down statusbar in the 4st screenshot but it seems not to be entirely centered.
how to install Template-RAv1.1.0H-signed.zip ??
thanks
if you have Amon_RA's new recovery- 1.2.0H then you just stick the zip file on sd card, then go to recovery and select "Apply sdcard:choose zip". Select the one you want and off it goes.
if you don't have it, get it. In the mean time rename to update.zip and install via recovery as per normal rom flash.
Sup guys.
I'd like to introduce you a new theme made by FrAndroid's Lambert, a mix of several styles, like MIUI, Honeycomb, Gingerbread, and HTC Sense.
Please be forgiving, it's his first theme, and might contain several bugs, which I invite you to post in this topic.
Theme modifications:
-3.0 Popup style, with blue glow effect
-Transparent notification bar
-Green volume bar, HTC style
-New switch buttons in notification menu, iPhone-like
/!\ - THIS THEME MIGHT CONTAIN BUGS. I, OR LAMBERT, CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DISFUNCTIONMENT CAUSED BY THIS THEME. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK
- THIS THEME WAS TESTED ON DARKY'S JPY VERSION. IT MIGHT NOT FULLY WORK ON OTHER VERSIONS, POST HERE IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH IT
Some screens:
Have a try, and let me know what you think about it
Download Link
The glow effect is very beautiful!
But when you pull down the notification bar there is a bug in the date
What bug? I personnaly am on CM7, so I can't try it
You can see it from the screen
I don't see any bug
Very nice!
Not everything is themed yet but I like what you did with it
needs more work...
For those who speak French, I invite you to have a look here: http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/45467-theme-theme-glow-by-lambert/
I really like this theme. I hope you'll try not to make it too much of a mix though! It'll look inconsistent. Personally I'd mostly leave out Sense and make it a Gingerbread OR Honeycomb + MIUI look.
Also, it says "Darkys ROM" on the power-menu.. But I'm on Doc's, and it didn't say anything before. So..yeah. Might want to take that out.
Also, this issue also probably carried over from darky's, if you look at the first screenshot, "Rotation auto" is cut off.
Thanks for replying. I told him about all this, waiting for an answer
I have cm7 2.3.3 r2 with the galaxy green theme from the market and i like how vibrant the colors are but i dont like the lime green dialer background. I have tried many things from flashing certain themes in certain orders to pushing other dialer.apks but nothing i have tried has worked thus far. Wanted to know if someone has any ideas or a dialer i can flash or push.
Hey everyone. I know that you all have way to much on your hands already but I just wanted to throw something out there.
I am looking for a theme that is not very far from stock, actually it would be exactly like stock except instead of green colors everywhere, you would have a different color like blue. I would REALLY love one where the green was changed to purple or a purple/pink color but I would probably be the only one to use it so blue is ok.
Would this be a hard theme to make since not much is changing but the green color? I wish I knew how to do it. I am using the EK02 UnNamed ROM also and there aren't many theme options so maybe this could be one of the firsts.
You can try the ICS theme we have, some people have gotten it to work on UnNamed, some havent.
It's not that it's hard to change it all to pink, it is just very time consuming to change every single piece to pink. It could be something simple like just the battery & network Icons but going all out and changing the overscroll glow, dialer, and the framework etc. is a ton of work. Most of it requires working with .9 files which can't just be edited like a normal .png.
i think a red one would be awesome. blood blood blood.
i can imagine changing everything would be tedious. tracking things down in every menu, etc etc.
requires more patience than i probably have.
ssconceptz said:
You can try the ICS theme we have, some people have gotten it to work on UnNamed, some havent.
It's not that it's hard to change it all to pink, it is just very time consuming to change every single piece to pink. It could be something simple like just the battery & network Icons but going all out and changing the overscroll glow, dialer, and the framework etc. is a ton of work. Most of it requires working with .9 files which can't just be edited like a normal .png.
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I made (edited) a theme chooser theme once for my motorola cliq on cyanogen and it was very time consuming and I had to work with a png9 editor and it did kinda suck...
If I could find a theme out there that was very close to stock....I would have no issues editing the icons myself and then sending it back to the owner for resigning or whatever needed to be done. I just can't find a theme that is close to stock LOL.
raveniselizabeth said:
I made (edited) a theme chooser theme once for my motorola cliq on cyanogen and it was very time consuming and I had to work with a png9 editor and it did kinda suck...
If I could find a theme out there that was very close to stock....I would have no issues editing the icons myself and then sending it back to the owner for resigning or whatever needed to be done. I just can't find a theme that is close to stock LOL.
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You would just download a stock rom and extract the images.
I'm looking for a VRTheme like the MIUI V4-Themes.
There are many great Themes for the SGS2 but they all have a dark background. I tested a few MIUI-Roms but was unhappy regarding to some specific issues in combination with my hardware. Car-Audio! But i was impressed by the possibilities of theming.
i have a white SGS2 and beside personal taste - in my opinion the light background with dark fonts is much better if you use the phone in a car. Less light reflections and so on.
So is there such a theme out there? I didn't find one.
Could it be a challenge for a pro-themer to make one?
I could offer help for testing and by donation...
Thanks in advance!
Please close thread
As i changed my phone to the big Galaxy Note, please close thread.
Thanks.