I have no idea how to theme. Otherwise I'd start taking this upon myself.
I'd love seeing (and helping be a part of creating) a Mass Effect, full immersion theme for Synergy. I saw an INSANE theme for WP7 of Fallout, and made me realize the potential a ME theme could have. Some ideas I have had are:
Custom created icons. (Not sure if possible, but to have the icons, and widgets (as much as possible) enveloped in the orange 'holo-armor' being shown in ME3 would be SICK!)
Using the Terminals backdrop (Static-y and basic) and random audio excepts from the news reports on the games used as bootscreens.
When moving icons, wrapping them in the biotic fields.
Skinning mail, message, and music apps in a Mass Effect-esque fashion. Fonts, backgrounds, so forth.
Not sure if any of this stuff is possible, but it'd be cool as hell.
Hey just a heads up you might want to move this thread to themes and mods before you get flamed out of here.
My bad, must have posted in the wrong open window. :/
Here, doh_tee. This is a boot animation, you may recognize it as one of the loading animations from Mass Effect 2?
Took some effort, and lost some sleep due to the challenge, but I hope this adds on to your Mass Effect theme needs!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42790510/Mass Effect Boot Animation/bootanimation.zip
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I haven't gotten into zip signing and all that yet. But I was wondering if it's possible or would even make sense to ala carte themes?
I saw a thread on fonts that sort of addressed this, but would it work of the clock and icons or other select things? Where instead of installing the whole theme, you could mix and match which ever you want?
I'm not sure what you mean but I'm guessing you wanna pull some icons from one theme and put it in another, yes that is possible and you MIGHT have to resign the zip and apk's.
You can just put the /system/apps or /framework folder by itself, with the updated apks in it, in an update zip and just flash it.
No that isnt what he means, he wants to know if you can just flash a specific set, such as just the fonts or just the clock or just the notification bar. Right?
While it does seem possible through a couple unrelated threads, the more you brake up the flashes, the more "ugly" the strucure gets/ That is not the correcr word, but it would probably be safer and cleaner to build a theme. But, I believe it is possible. Someone with a better understanding of the entire process, such as Stericson, could address your question with a little more certainty.
i took this as you like a clock that is held in theme A and the fonts in theme B and the icons in theme C and you want to flash those three components, if that is not right then please tell me and try to explain a little better what you meant by this. if you wanted that you would have to either extract those such items from the themes they are apart of(with the devs' permission of course) and then put them all into one zip and resign it, which isn't that hard at all, especially easy if you have windows and you download the auto-signer app. or if you do not want to make the sip and sign it you would have to ask the theme dev to extract the files for you and sign them for you and give them to you.
personally as a theme dev i would probably tell you to figure it out if you wanted parts of my theme, and if in a few days you decided to ask again i would be willing to help you. i certainly wouldn't just take the file you wanted and zip and sign them. i like to help people learn, that would be spoon feeding and i am really against that
My question is about the structure / theory of themes. Right now a theme consists of many things; a clock, icons, background, menu button….. and whatever a dev decides to put in that one update.zip is what you’re stuck with.
I’m wondering if you could have an update.zip that just does the clock without changing the other icons. And visa versa, and update.zip that just does the menu button without changing the clock…. And so on.
So as a theme creator can I create a bunch of clock update.zips.. or a series on menu buttons.. so themes become more like skins, where you can skin just the clock, or just skin the icons.
Can I install an update.zip for the clock. Then immediately after, install an update.zip for the menu button without messing up the install of the clock.
I’m not thinking of anyone’s themes in particular… and I’m not talking about a single update.zip that does the clock and icons.. I’m thinking of multiple update.zips that are either the clock or the icons or the font.. where it’s more ala carte.
theDante said:
My question is about the structure / theory of themes. Right now a theme consists of many things; a clock, icons, background, menu button….. and whatever a dev decides to put in that one update.zip is what you’re stuck with.
I’m wondering if you could have an update.zip that just does the clock without changing the other icons. And visa versa, and update.zip that just does the menu button without changing the clock…. And so on.
So as a theme creator can I create a bunch of clock update.zips.. or a series on menu buttons.. so themes become more like skins, where you can skin just the clock, or just skin the icons.
Can I install an update.zip for the clock. Then immediately after, install an update.zip for the menu button without messing up the install of the clock.
I’m not thinking of anyone’s themes in particular… and I’m not talking about a single update.zip that does the clock and icons.. I’m thinking of multiple update.zips that are either the clock or the icons or the font.. where it’s more ala carte.
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Yes, that is very much possible. You WILL have to resign everything you edit though.
This can be done but certain apks contain multiple features (the Launcher.apk contains the clock and the programs drawer).
90% of all graphics, save for icons, are located in just three or four apk's, so you can't really mix and match all that much.
mannyb said:
90% of all graphics, save for icons, are located in just three or four apk's, so you can't really mix and match all that much.
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Unless you are willing to dive deep into the waters, and learn what images are for what aspect and where they reside. Then, you can mix/match/replace as you see fit. My phone has a few icons from Blue Star 5, most from Fade to Blue, most elements are from Fade to Blue, some status icons from Code Name Ninja, a custom status bar & tray handle, a custom designed clock, and some custom text on the lock screen.
But it definitely involves some time and work, figuring out which elements I want, where to put them (or get them from if not creating my own files), resigning each APK, repackaging into an update.zip (or multiple updates, as I do incremental changes often flashing only the modified file over) resigning that, and crossing your fingers that you did everything right. Of course nandroid nandroid nandroid!!!
daveid said:
Unless you are willing to dive deep into the waters, and learn what images are for what aspect and where they reside. Then, you can mix/match/replace as you see fit. My phone has a few icons from Blue Star 5, most from Fade to Blue, most elements are from Fade to Blue, some status icons from Code Name Ninja, a custom status bar & tray handle, a custom designed clock, and some custom text on the lock screen.
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Definitely. Though that is almost as much work as making your own theme from scratch
mannyb said:
Definitely. Though that is almost as much work as making your own theme from scratch
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Except for designing the icons, and all the painful work that Damnitpud put into the .9.pngs for FadetoBlue. It surely wasn't as easy at copy and paste to get it the way I wanted it. But, I gotta say, it is nice to have a theme that I know is unique and holds some really cool elements.
I took some of my friends complex line drawings, used one for the status bar, and three different ones for the launcher drawer. I also used a photo I had taken for the clock, while placing the minute/hour hands outside of the numbers - keeping the rest transparent so it would work on any background.
But, yeah, to the OP - anything is possible. But it can turn into you creating your own theme for the most part.
Cute girl too!
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Cute girl too!
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That's my wife, I get to keep her forever now. We got married just under 7 months back. on a supposedly very lucky day 8/8/8. And, yeah, she is very cute!
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
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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.
I'm not that really that too Techy when it comes to this handheld devices - Flashing a Rom is one of the things i've really afraid of....so i basically I end up on searching a cab programs that is available here in XDA... and i just want to share this things on what i did on HTC Blackstone...
My totally a fanatic of the dark knight movie, so I created theme for this one and also im really looking for a good drop down menu for htc Blackstone which out of desperation... i did something, which is totally clever Drop Down Menu
heres the pic of my blackstone drop down menu on different program tab
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot5.png
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot6.png
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot7.png
and for Today Background
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot1.png
I also create a theme wallpaper for the dark knight
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot8.png
with drop down heres the effect
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot5.png
for those who want to download my graphics of dark knight here the link
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=dark_knight_001.jpg
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=dark_knight_002.jpg
again im not a developer, im just a graphic artist, visual artist, web designer, multimedia, audio video, flash animator, 3D animator, vector illustrationist...etc etc all about Design Concept Job, so for those people who want to reach me and ask for a custom wallpaper just email me at [email protected], i would really glad to help for name of ARTS
and for those who willing to hired...im also open to that he he he...
butz007 said:
I'm not that really that too Techy when it comes to this handheld devices - Flashing a Rom is one of the things i've really afraid of....so i basically I end up on searching a cab programs that is available here in XDA... and i just want to share this things on what i did on HTC Blackstone...
My totally a fanatic of the dark knight movie, so I created theme for this one and also im really looking for a good drop down menu for htc Blackstone which out of desperation... i did something, which is totally clever Drop Down Menu
heres the pic of my blackstone drop down menu on different program tab
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot5.png
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot6.png
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot7.png
and for Today Background
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot1.png
I also create a theme wallpaper for the dark knight
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot8.png
with drop down heres the effect
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot5.png
for those who want to download my graphics of dark knight here the link
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=dark_knight_001.jpg
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=dark_knight_002.jpg
again im not a developer, im just a graphic artist, visual artist, web designer, multimedia, audio video, flash animator, 3D animator, vector illustrationist...etc etc all about Design Concept Job, so for those people who want to reach me and ask for a custom wallpaper just email me at [email protected], i would really glad to help for name of ARTS
and for those who willing to hired...im also open to that he he he...
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before i forgot
I would like to thank the following developers who did this magnificent program. sorry if i couldnt recall the names
mUn BackGround4AllPages v.02 - for creating a custom background for all the program tabs and this is highly recommended for those people who despirately seeking for an easy way of getting rid of thier StarHub Operator Logo
ShakeAndSave for Diamond/Pro,HD,OMNIA v1.1 - without them i couldn't make a screen capture of what i done
[THEME Manila V3] Zitoun Anthracite - for making a simple yet very beautiful 3DF black theme
iblackbar theme - for making my menu bar a solid black
FingerKeyboard2 2.1 - for the wonderful black, red keyboard
another shots of my creation together toggle with the device
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=touch-hd-front-with-dark-knight-scr.jpg
enjoy
Hi butz007,
Like your work!
Are you into creating animated gif as well? I like to have matching startup and shutdown animation for my TP2 in wvga format, same as Blackstone If you could make some with maybe matching wallpapers for TF3D and S2U2 and some TF3D tab icons perhaps that would be brilliant.
cheers M
hi,
what is this RAM Temp on your first pic?
butz007 said:
I'm not that really that too Techy when it comes to this handheld devices - Flashing a Rom is one of the things i've really afraid of....so i basically I end up on searching a cab programs that is available here in XDA... and i just want to share this things on what i did on HTC Blackstone...
My totally a fanatic of the dark knight movie, so I created theme for this one and also im really looking for a good drop down menu for htc Blackstone which out of desperation... i did something, which is totally clever Drop Down Menu
heres the pic of my blackstone drop down menu on different program tab
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot5.png
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot6.png
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot7.png
and for Today Background
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot1.png
I also create a theme wallpaper for the dark knight
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot8.png
with drop down heres the effect
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot5.png
for those who want to download my graphics of dark knight here the link
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=dark_knight_001.jpg
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t57/butz007/htc%20touch%20hd/?action=view¤t=dark_knight_002.jpg
again im not a developer, im just a graphic artist, visual artist, web designer, multimedia, audio video, flash animator, 3D animator, vector illustrationist...etc etc all about Design Concept Job, so for those people who want to reach me and ask for a custom wallpaper just email me at [email protected], i would really glad to help for name of ARTS
and for those who willing to hired...im also open to that he he he...
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damn bro.! killers skills u got!
i like darkknight too and im wornding i u can make wallpaper for 6.5 also
i like your dropdown menu wallpaper but sadly its only for 6.1
sure, but just one thing
oltp said:
Hi butz007,
Like your work!
Are you into creating animated gif as well? I like to have matching startup and shutdown animation for my TP2 in wvga format, same as Blackstone If you could make some with maybe matching wallpapers for TF3D and S2U2 and some TF3D tab icons perhaps that would be brilliant.
cheers M
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could you make a sample screen shot of your device, use the same screen shot program that i use "shake and save" convert it into .png this help me to understand what's going on your device hence i don't have TP2 (yet) he he he (i really like this phone very much) both landscape and portrait mode....
next is what kind of theme do you ask for me to create? i will make a uniform theme to your tabs, wallpaper, S2US and shutdown animation gif...
post it here all the links bro, thanks
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hi,
what is this RAM Temp on your first pic?
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nyaahh its just a mockery... im using changing operator text... so i've really don't know what to put there, some people put their own names or the name of their device itself....ROFL mine is RAM Temperature something to just to laugh on or to show it your friends on how cool device was, that theirs actually a existing temperature of RAM there he he he, its just a joke...
give me a sample screen shot of your device
lunakirb said:
damn bro.! killers skills u got!
i like darkknight too and im wornding i u can make wallpaper for 6.5 also
i like your dropdown menu wallpaper but sadly its only for 6.1
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using shake and save, make a screen shot all your program tabs and operations on going on there, which btw may i ask you the windows 3.5 that you were telling me is the vertical sliding navigation with the hexagon shape icon on their start up? right? does the hexagon shape can be customize?; say it can reduce its transparency and make it more visible, and it recalls an image, just like mine it recalls my today's image background, so we could really make some fun out it...
make a screen and post it here let me see what i can do?
cheers!!!!
butz007 said:
could you make a sample screen shot of your device, use the same screen shot program that i use "shake and save" convert it into .png this help me to understand what's going on your device hence i don't have TP2 (yet) he he he (i really like this phone very much) both landscape and portrait mode....
next is what kind of theme do you ask for me to create? i will make a uniform theme to your tabs, wallpaper, S2US and shutdown animation gif...
post it here all the links bro, thanks
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A TP2 is very much like a Blackstone with a slide-out keyboard. At moment I'm using the wallpaper with the flames that came in the default set. For S2U2, home screen, all TF3D tabs and XDAShutdown. My startup ani is the Windows 7 one that's floating around.
What I'm thinkinhg of though is Gotham city as a background where it's almost dark, to give the screens some depth viewed from let's say 6th floor? The darkness is for contrast with the fonts and icond from TF3D. Maybe it can be aranged that the weather tab isn't too much interfering with the picture. For startup ani the same picture would be the end slide and it might be starting complete black and then lightens up a bit, some light go on in some of the buildings. Can you see the picture in your mind? The shut down ani might be same but the other way around.
Splash screens? I think frames that give you a close up from a part of Gotham or some stills from the last movie.
Problem is I can sketch it maybe on paper, but not on a computer. And in words, well let's see what you think off it.
How about graphics/art for and application?
check out S2U2
heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4441192&postcount=114
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.
Howdy everyone!! Hope everyone's day was good, now that I got good lock and it's be released in more regions, and I really never messed around with making your own themes and haven't been really a fan of of theme adn key bored bloated with Spam apps and don't even theme all the way to settings, so just wondered if any here is using it or plans on using that would mind sharing and please feel free to show off screen shots!!
With that said this is currently running
Ui 5 W/GFC csc (wasn't expecting a csc to change the look so much)
Galaxy theme/Dark neon line Ui (nhas to be on light mode for full effect)
Icons/AmoledAbstractwavesUX
Wallpaper/a Wallpaper changer with favorite anime,superheros,etc
AODs/color astronaut universe(my screen is pretty dark haven't really looked into it)
Layout/ two to a page
Screen continues from outer to main screen
Reserved for links and crearators