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[Q] Miui battery bar ... On other roms! You can too

Title says it all.
I usually am somewhere between cm7 nightlies and Mikfroyo, but the other day I was feeling like trying something new and flashed the current Miui. I liked most of the features, but the battery bar that goes across the whole top of the screen really caught my eye. I was wondering if there was any way to use that in other roms? Any help is appreciated, thanks.
EDIT*: thanks to pvyParts, it is possible. Go look at his thread here

I asked this same question a while back, never got a responce. Hopefully this time we get good news
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Well it looks like we are the only ones lol

I haven't used miui so I don't know exactly what you are talking about, but you could start by unzipping the framework-res.apk and looking around in there. Maybe you could provide a pic so I could get idea of what all might be involved?
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I love that battery bar, I wish it were hard coded into the firmware

nukedukem said:
I haven't used miui so I don't know exactly what you are talking about, but you could start by unzipping the framework-res.apk and looking around in there. Maybe you could provide a pic so I could get idea of what all might be involved?
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Its a line that goes all the way across the top of the screen, it moves from right to left and changes color when the battery runs down. Id like to see this on my ROM too

winmo used to have something like this.

For anyone who doesn't know about the top-bar battery, here's a screenshot. And anyone trying to judge MIUI completely by this shot, keep in mind that this is a fresh install, and I haven't set it up yet.
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nukedukem said:
I haven't used miui so I don't know exactly what you are talking about, but you could start by unzipping the framework-res.apk and looking around in there. Maybe you could provide a pic so I could get idea of what all might be involved?
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The picture says it all. The battery meter across the top looks sexy to me (and other people apparently).
I will look around the .apk and see if I can find anything, thanks.
I am willing to do the legwork, if only I knew where the original file is located. I think we are on to something . Again, thanks for any information. I'll update tomorrow night if I find something useful.
But please, feel free to add any information that you might have.
Thanks ,
Mark (Bamba1260)

NewZJ said:
I love that battery bar, I wish it were hard coded into the firmware
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I apologize for the newb question, but what do you mean? Is this part of the proprietary code involved with Miui? If so, it sounds like we are SOL..

Yes it is. This would be very hard to port because it is closed source.
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Bamba1260 said:
I apologize for the newb question, but what do you mean? Is this part of the proprietary code involved with Miui? If so, it sounds like we are SOL..
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yeah, it's gonna be hard, hard coded into the firmware would make that battery bar a permanent fixture, would be there through any rom flash, even show up in recovery or fastboot

that was indeed an option in the old WinMo 6.1/6.5.x "Kitchens"
i hated it =P
still unsure of it, but cool to see it here, didn't notice it when i last ran MIUI but that was the early Jan. release. My biggest complaint with MIUI is that all the settings are different(the actual menus themselves) ... nit picky perhaps but other than that MIUI is a p.sweet rom.

Yeah that looks to be more deeply embedded than a couple png changes. You would probably need to figure out what files manipulate the size and screen orientation of the battery meter. If you are serious about getting it, you could compare the miui build before that battery was implemented with the first version of miui that had the new battery. Using diff software you might be able to find all the battery changes.
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nukedukem said:
Yeah that looks to be more deeply embedded than a couple png changes. You would probably need to figure out what files manipulate the size and screen orientation of the battery meter. If you are serious about getting it, you could compare the miui build before that battery was implemented with the first version of miui that had the new battery. Using diff software you might be able to find all the battery changes.
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Might be hard to get a version of MIUI without the top-bar battery. It's been in there since at least October, when I started using it.
As for the person wondering if you're SOL, the MIUI team had to add it with no examples or code, so it could be done in CM. It's just a matter of finding someone who's willing to do it from scratch.

EndlessDissent said:
Might be hard to get a version of MIUI without the top-bar battery. It's been in there since at least October, when I started using it.
As for the person wondering if you're SOL, the MIUI team had to add it with no examples or code, so it could be done in CM. It's just a matter of finding someone who's willing to do it from scratch.
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I would be.
If only I knew how lol

Well I've looked around the framework-Res and I think I found the .pngs and the .XML file associated with the icon. But I can't see how it works. The XML is only 3 lines and doesn't seem like it would be animated when charging. But I don't have a good understanding of how it works and could be way off. Anyone else have a chance to look around? Or maybe have some ideas? Anything helps

Animated .png files? For that matter, it seems to me that the top battery could be made up of a bunch of small .png images: maybe like a 10x2 .png or something, placed next to each other across the top bar to do the battery level. The "animation" you see could be a script just moving one of those small images across the top bar to where the battery level currently is, also controlling acceleration and the like.
Just throwing a wild guess out there, but it would help if we knew what those .png files looked like.
*madly hoping something like this could be brought over to Sense* If it could, I'd permanently stick with Sense for quite a while, especially the new Sense coming out.
edit: cleared up the post a bit now that I'm not half-asleep...

xfullmetal17 said:
Animated .png files? For that matter, it seems to me that the top battery could be made up of a bunch of small .png images: maybe like a 10x2 .png or something, placed next to each other across the top bar to do the battery. The "animation" you see could be a script just moving one of those files across the top bar to where the battery is, also controlling acceleration and the like.
Just throwing a wild guess out there, but it would help if we knew what those .png files looked like.
*madly hoping something like this could be brought over to Sense* If it could, I'd permanently stick with Sense for quite a while, especially the new Sense coming out.
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I think this is it. If you get a chance to watch it charge, you'll see that a small "dot" or "particle" of the bar moves in from the right edge of the screen to the rest of the line.
For anyone trying to port this, if you haven't done so already, you should flash MIUI, change the battery to top-bar (menu -> settings -> system -> battery settings), and use it for a while. Make sure to put the phone on the charger and watch the animation for a bit, too.

When I have more time I'll go digging around... Which directory did you find those files in, Bamba?
edit: since it's a solid color (two technically, if you count the "low battery" color) I'm wondering if it's just a single .png that just gets resized based on battery percentage. alogcat gives the following message when I switch back to the top-bar battery, maybe that would be somewhere to look in... (If I had root explorer I would look myself, but saving up for Pokemon Black and White means not as much money right now)
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E/BatteryStatsImpl( 310): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/current_now (No such file or directory)

Tean Sonic Rom Questions (here). Let's all help Clark44

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I thought it would be grate to have a spot, were we clould ask questions to Clark44 about his Rom FreeGS3 v0.0.7 7-27-12
I am a realy Big fan since version 7 the Installer shows so much spunk!!!
I realy think keeping everything for Clark44 in one spot will help him in further creation of his rom.
After spending time with this rom all i can think about is how do I donate to keep it going?
I can not wait for the themes to come out for this Rom.
***First question Clark. May I use Setcpu and Ram Manager with your Rom?

metal82 said:
I thought it would be grate to have a spot, were we clould ask questions to Clark44 about his Rom FreeGS3 v0.0.7 7-27-12
I am a realy Big fan since version 7 the Installer shows so much spunk!!!
I realy think keeping everything for Clark44 in one spot will help him in further creation of his rom.
After spending time with this rom all i can think about is how do I donate to keep it going?
I can not wait for the themes to come out for this Rom.
***First question Clark. May I use Setcpu and Ram Manager with your Rom?
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Donate by clicking donate under his name in his posts.
I'd say don't use CPU apps. He has some tweaks in there and never mentioned anything about outside apps.
Sent from my Galaxy S III.

goo rom manager question
I do not want to loose the abilty to save recoveries to my extSdCard. So I am afraid to switch from CWM version that i am using.
The question is, can we use the Goo Manager to download the zip then use the CWM to flash it ?
I am just not sure if it packed and repack the same way.

Youtube isn't working when I'm on the go, using my 3g. But it works fine when I connect to Wifi. Maybe I did something wrong or maybe it just my phone?

Clark44 never sleeps...he is a rom machine

I noticed on the messaging app that the vibration when silent option was absent with .7. I don't need my phone vibrating when I get texts with sound on so I was wondering if there was a way to get that back. Thanks.

JayDog12 said:
I noticed on the messaging app that the vibration when silent option was absent with .7. I don't need my phone vibrating when I get texts with sound on so I was wondering if there was a way to get that back. Thanks.
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I prefer the old options too. When I unchecked vibrate and sound in settings > sound I still get vibration when texts come in

No S-Voice options please
The installer is very cool. This is now my goto build for installing modems, I can install them at install then update PRL with one build.
I can't live with S-voice though, it just can't call the people I want and... don't get me started on it.
I hoped choosing not to install the removed Samsung apps would include S-voice but I still get it when I make a BT voice dial.
Is there any way to have the option to not have S-voice and use Google voice instead?
Thanks!

Thanks for posting this thread! I can't post in the dev forums yet (too new) so I had no way to get into the conversation.
I've got two questions.
1. Is anyone using JuiceDefender with this Rom? I'm used to it from my Samsung Galaxy Epic, but I wasn't sure if it's needed on this ROM. I like some of the features (Location aware Wifi, etc) but maybe not if it's sacrificing battery.
2. (For Clark) On version .8, is there any way to build in some of the color/theme options from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28676439 ? I'm not a big fan of green, so I would love to change the colors of the battery and the 15 toggles...
Thanks!

dave607 said:
Thanks for posting this thread! I can't post in the dev forums yet (too new) so I had no way to get into the conversation.
I've got two questions.
1. Is anyone using JuiceDefender with this Rom? I'm used to it from my Samsung Galaxy Epic, but I wasn't sure if it's needed on this ROM. I like some of the features (Location aware Wifi, etc) but maybe not if it's sacrificing battery.I suggest you NOT use battery apps like this, they do end up with more battery usage
2. (For Clark) On version .8, is there any way to build in some of the color/theme options from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28676439 ? I'm not a big fan of green, so I would love to change the colors of the battery and the 15 toggles...I suggest you wait, take a look at the latest post pages in the FreeeGs3 threads, looks like JoshBeach and Clark are in cahoots and working on a ROM together, you may get the best of both worlds...
Thanks!
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See above in red

dave607 said:
Thanks for posting this thread! I can't post in the dev forums yet (too new) so I had no way to get into the conversation.
I've got two questions.
1. Is anyone using JuiceDefender with this Rom? I'm used to it from my Samsung Galaxy Epic, but I wasn't sure if it's needed on this ROM. I like some of the features (Location aware Wifi, etc) but maybe not if it's sacrificing battery.
2. (For Clark) On version .8, is there any way to build in some of the color/theme options from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28676439 ? I'm not a big fan of green, so I would love to change the colors of the battery and the 15 toggles...
Thanks!
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Well, I think it depends on how you use your phone. For me at least, JuiceDefender has helped out TREMENDOUSLY. I live in an area with bad reception and I'm constantly going in and out of roaming. Having all my data turned off while I'm not using the phone really helps boost my battery life (and not having to do so manually is worth the $5 in my opinion).
Without JD I'm at about 10-15% when I get home from work (10 hr work days). With JD I'm at about 30% when I get home.
I guess everyone's mileage may vary, but if you've already bought JD you might as well try and see if it helps your battery life.
side note: I also love the night tint in JD

I've actually got a couple of questions with this ROM.
First, though, I have to say this is a phenomenal ROM. I initially flashed it solely as a stop-gap while waiting for CM10 to come out for my Sprint GSIII, but it quickly has become my daily driver.
So with the installer on the 0.0.7 version, there are multiple radios. Is there any advantage in flashing one of those, or just leaving it be? Also I really like the CRT animations and beats audio, but it wasn't there in the 0.0.7 version, so I just went with 0.0.6. Is there a way to get it on the 0.0.7 version or have those features been disabled? I went off the video review on youtube, linked but for some reason, on my version, little to no features were on mine compared to the review video. Is there a way to enable them on the newest version? Thanks.

It got lost on the main thread, but awesome beats will be back in .8 (he forgot to put it in .7) and crt was broken by Samsung
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Nice thread you guys have going on here
As for themeing. Let me explain how im going to have this system setup at latest by v0.0.9.
I've done some research and finally found an app that will do the following:
1. Notify when update is available
2. Allow user to download themes, bootanimations, apps, flashables, all within the app and all supplied by me.
3. Allow the user to read the changelog of upcoming buids on the go.
The link to this app is here
Now i already started migrating the boot animation option i already finished in Aroma installer into this app and that should be done very soon. Themers will also be able to send me whatever they make and i can make it an option in the app!
This will benefit us in the following:
1. Aroma installer stays and installs kernels, modems, and mods
2. ROM size doesn't go up to 2GB when i add in all the themes ect. (Size will always be around 860)
3. Users can change their theme and UI mods on the go without having to reinstall the ROM.
I'm trying to make customization available without having to reinstall the entire ROM. This will give us the best of both worlds.
I'm working on this as we speak so I might dissapear from XDA for a little bit while i stay on my train of thought But in spite of everything...this is going to get a whole lot better.

clark44 said:
Nice thread you guys have going on here
As for themeing. Let me explain how im going to have this system setup at latest by v0.0.9.
I've done some research and finally found an app that will do the following:
1. Notify when update is available
2. Allow user to download themes, bootanimations, apps, flashables, all within the app and all supplied by me.
3. Allow the user to read the changelog of upcoming buids on the go.
The link to this app is here
Now i already started migrating the boot animation option i already finished in Aroma installer into this app and that should be done very soon. Themers will also be able to send me whatever they make and i can make it an option in the app!
This will benefit us in the following:
1. Aroma installer stays and installs kernels, modems, and mods
2. ROM size doesn't go up to 2GB when i add in all the themes ect. (Size will always be around 860)
3. Users can change their theme and UI mods on the go without having to reinstall the ROM.
I'm trying to make customization available without having to reinstall the entire ROM. This will give us the best of both worlds.
I'm working on this as we speak so I might dissapear from XDA for a little bit while i stay on my train of thought But in spite of everything...this is going to get a whole lot better.
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Nice.. I am digging it... Like your thinking!
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aiguofer said:
It got lost on the main thread, but awesome beats will be back in .8 (he forgot to put it in .7) and crt was broken by Samsung
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Will CRT return in the 0.0.8 release? Also what is the deal with all the different types of radios in the aroma installer?

Citizen Snips said:
Will CRT return in the 0.0.8 release? Also what is the deal with all the different types of radios in the aroma installer?
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No on CRT, see back a page or two with a draft of the mods in next release.
The radio's are the different modems you can choose, there have been three releases (updates) and the original that came with the phone. That is what the radios are.
Radio=baseband=modem

Naddict said:
No on CRT, see back a page or two with a draft of the mods in next release.
The radio's are the different modems you can choose, there have been three releases (updates) and the original that came with the phone. That is what the radios are.
Radio=baseband=modem
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Are there any advantages/disadvantages in flashing a different modem to the phone? It seems to be a consensus that LF9 gives better signal, but I'm afraid for the drawbacks.

Downloading .8 now. Very excited.
Clark, I have a small request for .9.
Any chance you can add on my favorite bootanimation from my Samsung Epic days?
It's the third link found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033274
(I'm also a big fan of the blue shutdown animation, but that's not nearly as big of a priority.)
Thanks!

I don't see the video icon when using Google Talk. I used to have it before I flash 0.0.8. Any ideas, I can get it back? Thanks
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[THEME] Nexus 7 Paranoid Android 3.0 1% Battery Theme (No Flashing Needed)

This thread was originally posted over on the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 forums (links in my sig), and after a good deal of success on both devices, I decided (with a lot of nudging lol) to post this here in the Nexus 7 forums too. I own a Nexus 7 with PA 3.0 installed, and so I can test everything and so far have had no issues. Also, because of the different screen size of the Nexus 7, I think the icons are a little small. Others who've tried these on their N7 don't seem to mind, so please let me know what you think. If they're too small for your liking, I'll work on making them bigger. I'm ""trying" to keep one APK for each theme to work across all devices.
Many of you are like me and have been looking for 1% battery increments on the amazing Paranoid Android ROM. The devs have been working so hard on making the rest of the ROM great for us that they just haven't had a chance to add battery %. So I've made several themes for just that purpose! I know you can install one of thousands of themes out there that add battery %, but I have always been partial to the stock look of ICS and JB, so my themes will only add battery percent icons, nothing more. They apply via the built-in theme manager, so no flashing required! Just download the theme(s) you want from the attachments below and install/apply like always. Also, please swing by this thread and hit the thanks button on the OP, ATTACK. It's his icon pack that has made most of these (maybe all) possible, given my rather limited photoshop skills. He OK'd the use of the icons, but I'd like to give him "something" back.
I've got 14 themes now.
1. Stock with white percentages overlaid. DOWNLOAD
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3. Thin style with white percentages to the left. DOWNLOAD
4. Thin style with ICS blue percentages to the left. Called CM Thin. DOWNLOAD
5. Numbers only. DOWNLOAD
6. Segmented Circle. DOWNLOAD
7. Roboto font numbers only. No charging animation, just static green text while charging. DOWNLOAD
8. Off-Center. DOWNLOAD
9. ICS Circle battery. DOWNLOAD
10. Dotted circle. DOWNLOAD
11. Honeycomb style. DOWNLOAD
12. Digital theme DOWNLOAD
13. SGS 3 Style icons. DOWNLOAD
14. Percent Numbers, better than Roboto. DOWNLOAD
Each theme of icons can be installed side by side on the same device. This way, if you want to change between different icons, you have the ability to do just that, without uninstalling or reinstalling anything. Also, the battery icons in the screenshot are a little bigger than they are now. I had an issue where the icons were slightly larger than the surrounding icons, but that's fixed. I just need new screenshots..........
Disclaimers/Warnings:
*This is my first attempt at theming, but they have been running perfectly fine on myriad Paranoid Galaxy Nexus', Nexus 4's, and my own Nexus 7 (as well as some other N7's people have installed on) and I have had no actual problems in performance or function reported by anybody in either forum, besides the normal bumps in the road any mod/theme will encounter. However, if for some reason you run into problems (themes won't apply, tablet dies, ROM borked, dragons flying out of the charging port, etc... ), I am not responsible. I will help you however I can, though. I honestly can't think of anything this theme could do to your phone anyway, but you never know.
*MAKE A BACKUP! I know that sounds silly for a theme, but since this is my first try, I suggest you have a backup just in case. So far I've had a good bit of downloads and comments in the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 threads, and I think it's safe to say its stable. Still, make a backup just in case.
*The theme works in all standard UI modes, (phone, phablet, various tablet) but I can't test every configuration out there. If you have issues let me know and I'll see if I can fix it.
*You will most likely get the "This theme is missing assets for your screen size" message, but hit apply anyway. Almost every theme I've ever seen throws this message, but it doesn't affect anything in these themes.
*It should work on each version of PA that comes out, but there is a chance something will change to break it. I'm really not sure. I'll test when each version comes out, until there's no more demand for this theme.
*These are designed for the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, and now Nexus 7, each running Paranoid Android 3.0. However, I've had several reports that they work on other devices and other ROMs, so you're welcome to try it. PA is the only ROM it is being tested on, however.
Thanks for looking, and if anybody has any issues or requests, feel free to let me know!! Any and all feedback is welcomed and encouraged! Enjoy!
Changelog:
-Starting Nexus 7 forum at version 1.2, which is current as of 2/20/13
-Added dotted and honeycomb styles (2/23/13)
-Updated CM Thin theme to 1.2.1 because of a bad preview image (2/28/13)
-Added Digital Theme (2/28/13)
-Added SGS3 and Percent Numbers themes (3/2/13)
Credits
-The ParanoidAndroid team for the amazing ROM for which this theme is designed
-ATTACK for posting the icon package and giving me permission to use them
-ben.nesheim for testing and helping
-Titanic_fanatic, djdarkknight96, and TUN_SD for helping me figure out this themeing thing (well, as much as I know, at least, lol)
-Kick-Ass Joe for testing on Nexus 4 and reporting it working
-Uh60m Pilot for the final nudge to get me to post the themes here

Mine! Thanks for posting in the Nexus 7 forums as well as the Nexus 4. This is a fantastic way to modify your battery icon without the need to flash.
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so do i just install and its a theme?

Install the apk file just like any other. Then go into settings>themes and select the theme and apply, and ignore any errors.
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ICS Circle looks really good. Thank you for this! :good:

I've changed the OP in each of my threads now, cleaning them up just a little, mostly the previews and uploads. My themes are no longer hosted on XDA, but instead are hosted on my Dropbox account. This way I don't have to upload them in 3 different threads everytime I have a new one or make a change. It's more of a copy-paste deal now. This has done better than I ever really anticipated, and so I never really thought I'd have as much on the OP's. I was actually running out of upload slots in the original thread lol. I read that the limit on Dropbox accounts is 20GB/day so I really don't think this will ever reach THAT level of popularity (I think I figured it would take something like 1816 downloads on each theme per day to reach that traffic) but if anybody has issues with downloads, I'll find someplace else to host the files. Worst case, I'll go back to putting them on XDA as attachments and maybe get a mod to add a post or two for me at the beginning of the thread, since I didn't have foresight enough to reserve them. (doh!)
Thank you all for the kind words, feedback, and even requests! This has been an awesome experience for me, and I am excited to keep working on it, even as simple as these are! Those of you who have made requests that I haven't fulfilled yet, I am working on it. Just a couple out there I think.... Those that I haven't been able to fulfill your requests, I apologize. I am really still a noob here, but it's a great learning experience!!!

Could you do one that's the digital numbers only? If you're not sure what I mean, I can find it. Let me know, thanks. :good:
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btm fdr said:
Could you do one that's the digital numbers only? If you're not sure what I mean, I can find it. Let me know, thanks. :good:
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I think there's a digital icon set in that icon pack. I'll check but I should be able to make it, no problem.

I would like to learn how to do something like this myself. Do you have any guides you could link me to?
I'm a noob to android, but i know abit of VB c# and some c++. I can learn fast.
I want to try to make a apk theme that does battery icon and the soft buttons for navigation.
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ronedogg said:
I would like to learn how to do something like this myself. Do you have any guides you could link me to?
I'm a noob to android, but i know abit of VB c# and some c++. I can learn fast.
I want to try to make a apk theme that does battery icon and the soft buttons for navigation.
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Sorry I took so long to answer, I've been working long hours but that's done now so I can finally catch up. I don't have any guides, what I did was download a theme that has EVERYTHING themed, decompiled it, and just started looking through the files. That taught me enough to understand the basics of what was going on, then I started Googling for specific questions. When I hit an impasse, I went to this thread for some help. The guys there were extremely helpful. After they got me started, I still had some issues but Google got me through those as well. If you have any questions I'm happy to answer what I can, but if you rank noobness from 1-10, 10 being expert, I'm still like a 2.5..........lol
To learn the battery icons you can decompile one of my themes and look at how it works. That is probably easier than trying to figure it out from scratch or looking at a full theme like I did. The soft buttons "should" work relatively the same. Let me know if you need anything!

btm fdr said:
Could you do one that's the digital numbers only? If you're not sure what I mean, I can find it. Let me know, thanks. :good:
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OK, your digital theme is up in the OP now. Let me know if that's what you want. Also, what do you think of the charging animation? After I compiled it I think it may be a little too fast when it hits 100, so let me know if you like it or want it a little slower.....
Sorry it took me so long, been busy with work.

Bigger font?
Thanks for the great work. Could you tell me how to enlarge the font? I'm using the roboto one. The clock font is way bigger, if I could make them about the same that would be awesome.

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Thanks for the great work. Could you tell me how to enlarge the font? I'm using the roboto one. The clock font is way bigger, if I could make them about the same that would be awesome.
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To make them bigger the right way I need to remake the icons. I have a lot of work I'm doing this weekend on new themes and stuff like that, but I'd like to try and make those icons bigger too. I was copying the style on another theme and the text icons in it were a smaller size vertically than the others I've got, but bigger horizontally. I didn't want to mess up the horizontal spacing so I left it the same. I attached an older version to this post, the icons on this theme show up a little bigger than the newer version on the phone, due to a change I made. The actual icons are the same size, it's just the phone resizes them differently. That might work for you until I get the icons remade. You'll have to uninstall the version you have, then install this version. I don't think it will install over the other since it's an older version. Let me know what you think, though I still want to remake the icons.......

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I don't know, seems about the same size. But thanks for uploading, I'll keep an eye out for updates. *thumbs up*

DXU76 said:
I don't know, seems about the same size. But thanks for uploading, I'll keep an eye out for updates. *thumbs up*
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Yeah, it isn't a huge difference. I thought I'd post it just in case it worked for you. I'll have the new roboto theme up as soon as I can.

Love the digital theme. Not normally my style but it looks great on both my nexus 7 and 4. Thanks!
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Uh60m Pilot said:
Love the digital theme. Not normally my style but it looks great on both my nexus 7 and 4. Thanks!
sent from my perfect 32GB Nexus 7
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I'm the same way. I didn't think I'd like the digital theme, but I've been using it since I made it. Looks really good, IMO.

DXU76 said:
Thanks for the great work. Could you tell me how to enlarge the font? I'm using the roboto one. The clock font is way bigger, if I could make them about the same that would be awesome.
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There are 2 new themes up in the OP, but one of them is a percent numbers theme. The look is very much like the Roboto theme, but bigger. Let me know what you think. I think it looks better.
If you guys can, I'd like for you to swing by this thread and hit the thanks button on the OP, ATTACK. It's his icon pack that has made most of these (maybe all) possible, given my rather limited photoshop skills. He OK'd the use of the icons, but I'd like to give him "something" back.
Thanks!

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OK, THIS IS NOT ! MY ROM, i owe you nothing if you turn your phone into a paper weight.*Your warranty is void.*
All credit to Mike Ramsay and his team!
FEATURES:
Dark UI
Permissions Management
LCD Density Settings
Illusion Settings & ROM Control <-NICE
Per-App Permissions Manager
Dual Pane
Low Battery Warning
cLock
Custom Hardware Keys
Widgets Viewpager
Notification Drawer Options
Power sound on plug-in/plug-out
Custom Lockscreen Sliders & Shortcuts
Navbar Customizations
PIE Controls
Power Menu Controls
Power Widget Settings
Custom QuickSettings
Custom Statusbar Options
Custom Sounds Settings
Custom Phone Settings
Custom MMS Settings
Integrated Superuser
Trebuchet
And much more !
*You should be on base band T999UVDMD5 for this rom*
Downloads :
ROM : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw5wLpuIwl8hejd0aDZQVGtPbWM
Gapps : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw5wLpuIwl8hOERfSEdta1ZsZ00
*Not currently being updated*(Though i can't find a single bug)
Thread made due to the demand of the rom.
★Thank these guys and their team for the rom and all their hard work !★

i hope you asked the Developer for permission to post this...i think there's a reason why his thread is closed.

saranhai said:
i hope you asked the Developer for permission to post this...i think there's a reason why his thread is closed.
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The reason the thread is closed is not because the developer is angry at all or anything like that. He no longer has the time to support the ROMs at the moment, I was suspicious to to the ROM's disappearance but was alerted he posted the reason he closed development on his G+. This ROM was taken offline when the new one came up, that's all. Thanks OP.

TheLastSidekick said:
The reason the thread is closed is not because the developer is angry at all or anything like that. He no longer has the time to support the ROMs at the moment, I was suspicious to to the ROM's disappearance but was alerted he posted the reason he closed development on his G+. This ROM was taken offline when the new one came up, that's all. Thanks OP.
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was that the way my post looked like? i apologize. i am well aware of the reason why the developer closed his thread, however, that shouldn't stop the OP from posting without permission

saranhai said:
was that the way my post looked like? i apologize. i am well aware of the reason why the developer closed his thread, however, that shouldn't stop the OP from posting without permission
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Yeah out of respect, I agree. Though Mike and Annex in the past have not cared for others posting their work, maybe that's why the OP didn't ask, and out of high demand.
But hey, I wonder if Annex's KitKat theme will work on here..? It debuted on Illusions 4.3..

tsjoe2 said:
Anit this already posted where's the credit? This ain't right:banghead:
aaahhhhh help me
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Always support the devs.
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Im hopeing you guys had eye surgery or something because i dont know how you could miss the note on the top of the post saying whos ROM it is and thank him for it. And the ENTIRE bottom of the post is deticated to thanking them derp.... EDIT : I changed the text color so it can be easly seen.
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Yeah out of respect, I agree. Though Mike and Annex in the past have not cared for others posting their work, maybe that's why the OP didn't ask, and out of high demand.
But hey, I wonder if Annex's KitKat theme will work on here..? It debuted on Illusions 4.3..
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Wowowow i did ask, i contacted Ramsay and did not get a response and did not even know what happened until i check my google and facebook, however, and i will say i did NOT get explicit permission, Ramsey has NEVER cared and i do NOT expect him to get back to me any time soon because of whats going on. I am 99.99% sure he will not care that im, if anything, supporting his awesome rom.
PS- now i want to try that kit kat theme xD

They were just looking out for the dev is all. All too often people will post someone else's work without asking first, sometimes they give proper cred, sometimes they don't. But the decent thing regardless of your intentions is to ask first, which you said you did. And thank you for clarifying that btw.
Tbh, after reading the OP, I thought the exact same thing. Always do when it's not mentioned. You obviously appreciate the devs work on this Rom, and saranhai was simply looking out for them and their interests. I don't believe it was meant as accusatory at all.
Anyway, just thought I'd offer up a bit of explanation. Thanks for posting this, I know a lot of people are going to be very pleased to see it here!
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4

DocHoliday77 said:
They were just looking out for the dev is all. All too often people will post someone else's work without asking first, sometimes they give proper cred, sometimes they don't. But the decent thing regardless of your intentions is to ask first, which you said you did. And thank you for clarifying that btw.
Tbh, after reading the OP, I thought the exact same thing. Always do when it's not mentioned. You obviously appreciate the devs work on this Rom, and saranhai was simply looking out for them and their interests. I don't believe it was meant as accusatory at all.
Anyway, just thought I'd offer up a bit of explanation. Thanks for posting this, I know a lot of people are going to be very pleased to see it here!
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4
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Yea i get it i jut dont understand 2 things..
1. All his work EVERYTHING is up for download, so couldnt i just modify a few settings, add some wall papers, maybe some of your Modem tweaks as default and this would qualify at least as S3 Development.
2. So because the thanks was in regular text size and not colored that doesnt count as thanks !? The hassle i went through to put this togther and the 2-4 days waiting for a reply for Ramsay...(i put thanks to him and his team on the top and bottom of the post when i FIRST posted it... i even posted PICTURES OF THE GUYS AT THE BOTTOM).
Im stressed, Im active duty military and tried to something nice for these people on my time off. -.-"

ssjgotengt said:
Im hopeing you guys had eye surgery or something because i dont know how you could miss the note on the top of the post saying whos ROM it is and thank him for it. And the ENTIRE bottom of the post is deticated to thanking them derp.... EDIT : I changed the text color so it can be easly seen.
Wowowow i did ask, i contacted Ramsay and did not get a response and did not even know what happened until i check my google and facebook, however, and i will say i did NOT get explicit permission, Ramsey has NEVER cared and i do NOT expect him to get back to me any time soon because of whats going on. I am 99.99% sure he will not care that im, if anything, supporting his awesome rom.
PS- now i want to try that kit kat theme xD
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By all means were just looking out for the devs and you, you violate any rules on XDA and you can get banned easily we wouldn't want that would we? I and I'm sure the rest of the d2tmoers here are glad someone had this ROM still and uploaded it for us. Thank you, I'm using it currently.
As the Kit Kat theme is concerned, its Friday and I have nothing else better to do I'll rip it from 4.3 and let everyone know.
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Wow
Wow this ROM is amazing! I've tried cm10, liquidsmooth, and pacman countless times, but this rom is perfection. Thanks for the link, I wanted to try 4.3 illusion but it seems extremely buggy. I too have not found any bugs on this rom yet (finger crossed), not bad for a discontinued beta. I wish they would of continued working on 4.3

ssjgotengt said:
Yea i get it i jut dont understand 2 things..
1. All his work EVERYTHING is up for download, so couldnt i just modify a few settings, add some wall papers, maybe some of your Modem tweaks as default and this would qualify at least as S3 Development.
2. So because the thanks was in regular text size and not colored that doesnt count as thanks !? The hassle i went through to put this togther and the 2-4 days waiting for a reply for Ramsay...(i put thanks to him and his team on the top and bottom of the post when i FIRST posted it... i even posted PICTURES OF THE GUYS AT THE BOTTOM).
Im stressed, Im active duty military and tried to something nice for these people on my time off. -.-"
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Trust me, your putting this up is very much appreciated! And don't let any of us add to your stress level, try to remember that in these posts, tone is near impossible to convey perfectly. If someone is going to verbally attack though, you'll know it. There are lots of times our posts are short and pointed, but it's simply because we already do a lot here and just want to make the point and move on. I promise you that nothing said here so far was meant personally or negatively at all. To me, xda can be a great place to escape real life for a while and still be constructive with your time. I hope this proves true for you as well!
As to your questions:
1. It's kind of hard to say tbh. Technically it's probably not considered development if you just make some minor changes/improvements, tweaks, and do a bit of theming to an existing, previously developed Rom. I think it would probably have to be determined by the amount of modification you do. Maybe someone else can chime in on this one, or you could always ask a mod what they think.
I've seen some releases in the development section that definitely would not meet the criteria, so once you implement some changes and make it yours, so to speak, I wouldn't see it as any kind of problem to move it there. Until then it will probably be viewed as more of a support thread though.
2. The part that was in question wasn't with how you thanked and gave credit to the dev. You did perfectly fine on that. The thing we didn't see addressed was whether or not you sought permission from them before posting. Knowing now that you did, it's not an issue at all. But there have been plenty of times where someone would post someone else's work, and give proper credit to the dev, but never asked if they were ok with them posting it. Even though their intentions in some instances were pure, it often would end up with the dev getting pissed and the thread being closed or removed.
Speaking for myself, whenever I see something familiar posted by someone other than the original developers, I automatically wonder if they got permission to do so. And if it's not stated, I or someone else will ask. It's not to be mean or to cause problems, but more to prevent them, and as stated, to look out for the devs interests. None of us wants to see them leave due to lack of respect or common courtesy.
Getting too long so I'll leave it at that! Thanks again!

This all being said, I've been working on speeding up and prolonging battery life. It's already smooth, so I'm just going to squeeze as much battery life out of it as possible. I will either release files you can push, or a .zip depending on everyone's preferences. That being said, battery life was nice, 4hrs, 30 minutes off my first charge cycle of on screen time. I'll upload the pic soon.
1. First line of work is the build.prop
2. Second line of work is within the init.d
3. Third line of work is going to be replacing the kernel with either KT747/Lean
4. Fourth line of work is going to be recommending/including a good inverted GAPPS package

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This all being said, I've been working on speeding up and prolonging battery life. It's already smooth, so I'm just going to squeeze as much battery life out of it as possible. I will either release files you can push, or a .zip depending on everyone's preferences. That being said, battery life was nice, 4hrs, 30 minutes off my first charge cycle of on screen time. I'll upload the pic soon.
1. First line of work is the build.prop
2. Second line of work is within the init.d
3. Third line of work is going to be replacing the kernel with either KT747/Lean
4. Fourth line of work is going to be recommending/including a good inverted GAPPS package
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I guess i dont use my phone that much but mine last me all day with Intelledemand and Underclocked to 1100ghz = still smoooth and can play nova perfectly

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I guess i dont use my phone that much but mine last me all day with Intelledemand and Underclocked to 1100ghz = still smoooth and can play nova perfectly
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That's pretty cool maybe some can do that but not all phones react the same way to overclocking and under volting.
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isnt this an old version?

ahpohwaah said:
isnt this an old version?
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Yes but several of us wanted it since the newer Android 4.3 version isn't as stable....yet.
DEVICE: SGH-T999 + ROM: Illusions 4.2.2 + KERNEL: KT747 - LJ7 + = A FREAKIN' BEAST!

Love this ROM! Haven't found one glitch yet and battery life is great! I'm keeping this as my new daily. Thanks for sharing!
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TheLastSidekick said:
This all being said, I've been working on speeding up and prolonging battery life. It's already smooth, so I'm just going to squeeze as much battery life out of it as possible. I will either release files you can push, or a .zip depending on everyone's preferences. That being said, battery life was nice, 4hrs, 30 minutes off my first charge cycle of on screen time. I'll upload the pic soon.
1. First line of work is the build.prop
2. Second line of work is within the init.d
3. Third line of work is going to be replacing the kernel with either KT747/Lean
4. Fourth line of work is going to be recommending/including a good inverted GAPPS package
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Yeah, a zip would be great. I have pretty decent battery life already, but any way to squeeze out more would be great. I also use the kt747 kernel, but when I attempted to use the TK mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207286 in conjunction with it, it completely messes up when I try to apply their build.prop mod.

vutangclan said:
Yeah, a zip would be great. I have pretty decent battery life already, but any way to squeeze out more would be great. I also use the kt747 kernel, but when I attempted to use the TK mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207286 in conjunction with it, it completely messes up when I try to apply their build.prop mod.
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Yeah, TKMod works great! We discovered a couple months ago with the latest release that their modified build.prop was not working for us for some reason. Go ahead and install TKMod but keep your current build.prop. And I use the sysctrl & modified Crossbreader too.
EDIT: from RErick in the above mentioned link-
"Uninstall the build.prop. its not that important. If it doesn't work it doesn't need to be there. Obviously we would Luke for everyone to have it, but its not our pride and joy. If the sysctrl and cross breeder works that's 95 percent of the good stuff"
Works for me!
DEVICE: SGH-T999 + ROM: Illusions 4.2.2 + KERNEL: KT747 - LJ7 + TK Mod 2.4 + Crossbreader = A FREAKIN' BEAST! now Free

OnMy2ndGP said:
Go ahead and install TKMod but keep your current build.prop. And I use the sysctrl & modified Crossbreader too.
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Ohh okay nice, but can I ask how did you get init.d installed for the sysctrl mod? Should I use Uni-Init? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933849

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New Chrome theme added! I will be adding a bunch more themes also so make sure and check back! Also if anyone has a special request as far as colors or anything feel free to post and I will make it happen!

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New Chrome theme added! I will be adding a bunch more themes also so make sure and check back! Also if anyone has a special request as far as colors or anything feel free to post and I will make it happen!
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Nice bro! I've been rocking your OG TWRP theme since flashing Black Eclipse, but I'm not really huge on red so this chrome look is more my style I did change to Red Eclipse Final, thinking I might want to mix in some of the B&W apks, but I actually like it; it's fairly subtle and looks cool in the settings menu etc. :good:
Hey I don't suppose you ever figured out what was causing the wallpaper or black screen to come up behind the volume panel with your themes? I tried a few minor things myself but nothing successful.
Thanks again for some more of your fine work buddy, I wish I didn't already make a fresh nandroid today (before flashing a couple of the TBO apps)! I want to boot into recovery to check out the theme, but really have no reason to atm :laugh:

jazzmachine said:
Nice bro! I've been rocking your OG TWRP theme since flashing Black Eclipse, but I'm not really huge on red so this chrome look is more my style I did change to Red Eclipse Final, thinking I might want to mix in some of the B&W apks, but I actually like it; it's fairly subtle and looks cool in the settings menu etc. :good:
Hey I don't suppose you ever figured out what was causing the wallpaper or black screen to come up behind the volume panel with your themes? I tried a few minor things myself but nothing successful.
Thanks again for some more of your fine work buddy, I wish I didn't already make a fresh nandroid today (before flashing a couple of the TBO apps)! I want to boot into recovery to check out the theme, but really have no reason to atm :laugh:
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I apreciate it brother... and about the volume screen thing yes I did actually find the problem... it's due to the transperancy framework bg I moded. I have to go back into framework and change one of the true to false when it asks to show wallpaper. I just haven't found the time to attempt to fix it yet. But I'll try and find some time tonight and take a look at it. But if you wanted to try this chrome TWRP theme out all you need to do it just go into the theme folder which is in your TWRP folder and rename the red theme to ui.zip_bak and then copy and paste the chrome theme in there and reboot. Then if you don't like it all you need to do it go back into the TWRP folder and theme folder and delete the chrome ui.zip theme and rename the ui.zip_bak to just ui.zip and it will be red again. But make sure and check back because I'm working on a couple more theme now that I will hopefully have done tonight.

New Toxic Green theme posted... gonna be posting a blue theme next. After that I will be taking requests

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I apreciate it brother... and about the volume screen thing yes I did actually find the problem... it's due to the transperancy framework bg I moded. I have to go back into framework and change one of the true to false when it asks to show wallpaper. I just haven't found the time to attempt to fix it yet. But I'll try and find some time tonight and take a look at it. But if you wanted to try this chrome TWRP theme out all you need to do it just go into the theme folder which is in your TWRP folder and rename the red theme to ui.zip_bak and then copy and paste the chrome theme in there and reboot. Then if you don't like it all you need to do it go back into the TWRP folder and theme folder and delete the chrome ui.zip theme and rename the ui.zip_bak to just ui.zip and it will be red again. But make sure and check back because I'm working on a couple more theme now that I will hopefully have done tonight.
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@SICKMADE - Oh I already did... I figured that the giving the ol' dalvik and cache couldn't hurt. Ok... I had already wiped it a few times making that nandroid and flashing some dope blacked out / cleard out stock apps. Alright, guess I'm busted I just wanted to check out the theme (which is awesome) and then become SICK MADE again, because I felt like it had worn off a bit from earlier :laugh:
That's awesome to hear that you found out what's up with the volume panel! I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know what you need to mod in framework. Sounds like the fix is fairly simple once you find what you need to mod. I'll take a look also... but if I come across something that looks like it might be it, I'd send you a PM before trying anything to see if I was on the right track...
It's kind of funny that you said that your next theme would be blue, as that was my first thought. Actually, I got a pretty distinct mental image so I'll describe it. Don't take this as a "request" necessarily, but just a color scheme that I think would look super dope, and knowing your taste somewhat
Ok, the background is dark grey... not solid, but sort of with a "woven" effect, sort of a denim fabric style. I'm also seeing just some light texture, with some sporadic shadows. As for the text / highlights, that Tiffany blue that you sometimes use would look incredible!
I'm quite content with the charcoal theme, so no need to "go out of your way" to make it, but if you think that would look as hot as I do... well whip that one up Great stuff as always my man!

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@SICKMADE - Oh I already did... I figured that the giving the ol' dalvik and cache couldn't hurt. Ok... I had already wiped it a few times making that nandroid and flashing some dope blacked out / cleard out stock apps. Alright, guess I'm busted I just wanted to check out the theme (which is awesome) and then become SICK MADE again, because I felt like it had worn off a bit from earlier :laugh:
That's awesome to hear that you found out what's up with the volume panel! I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know what you need to mod in framework. Sounds like the fix is fairly simple once you find what you need to mod. I'll take a look also... but if I come across something that looks like it might be it, I'd send you a PM before trying anything to see if I was on the right track...
It's kind of funny that you said that your next theme would be blue, as that was my first thought. Actually, I got a pretty distinct mental image so I'll describe it. Don't take this as a "request" necessarily, but just a color scheme that I think would look super dope, and knowing your taste somewhat
Ok, the background is dark grey... not solid, but sort of with a "woven" effect, sort of a denim fabric style. I'm also seeing just some light texture, with some sporadic shadows. As for the text / highlights, that Tiffany blue that you sometimes use would look incredible!
I'm quite content with the charcoal theme, so no need to "go out of your way" to make it, but if you think that would look as hot as I do... well whip that one up Great stuff as always my man!
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I like the way your going with the new blue theme... if you find some time why don't you look for some cool pattern bgs and some gradients that you like. I was thinking the same thing tho for the framework bg I'm not gonna go just all back for the next theme... I'm gonna go like a darker grey. Also I was really wanting to go with that Tiffany blue so I'm glad you said that . Seems like a lot of people seemed to like it. It's better than that ICS Blue that you always see around. I'm so sick of seeing that! But if you find some time and don't mind helping me out that'd be awesome.

Decided I would release my personal TWRP theme that I use.... It came out so sick I was gonna just keep it to myself! Lol. I hope some people out there enjoy it!

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I like the way your going with the new blue theme... if you find some time why don't you look for some cool pattern bgs and some gradients that you like. I was thinking the same thing tho for the framework bg I'm not gonna go just all back for the next theme... I'm gonna go like a darker grey. Also I was really wanting to go with that Tiffany blue so I'm glad you said that . Seems like a lot of people seemed to like it. It's better than that ICS Blue that you always see around. I'm so sick of seeing that! But if you find some time and don't mind helping me out that'd be awesome.
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I knew I'd have several in my Wallpapers folder... I was correct I usually have my images ordered descending from last time modified so the most recent are the latest official DynamicKat wallpapers, DLed from the Rom Mart app. There are 2 (out of 3 so far... about 150 total :laugh where I was like, "That one, perfect," HAHA! I'll try to narrow it down to top 5. What's your preference? Crop the grey and attach that? Attach the full images, scaled? Or send (email?) you the full res pics? Happy to help! :good:
Edit: I found a few more nice ones, but my overall favs are these couresy of DynamicKat. The grey textures aren't exactly what I pictured, but I can see it with any of them... I'll post more if I come across anything more like what I imagined. What do you think about the textures on these / have a preference?

Does this work on the galaxy s4 as well? Wasn't sure if since it's twrp if it's universal.

Anybody else having graphical issues with the confirm "sliding" bar on TWRP 2.8.6.0 when using one of these themes? It shows up super odd, and is thusly unusable. Flashing back to 2.8.5.0 works fine with all the themes. I can't take a screeny, hence it is in recovery mode, and unfortunately I do not have another camera to snap a photo with on me at the moment, either. I have the trltetmo. If anybody else would like to try this and see if/confirm they have the same issue (or not), that would be much appreciated. I would love to use SickMade's TWRP theme(s) on the newest version -- all of them are just ill! A heads up: if you try this and run into the same problem I have, the only way to get it back working again is to flash the TWRP 2.8.5.0 .img via Flashify or ODIN the .tar. Just a FYI. Thanks for any and all help, in advance!

Cat got everyone's tongue? No assistance in this piece?

Ker~Man said:
Cat got everyone's tongue? No assistance in this piece?
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I'm not one to *****, usually, but I just want everyone to know I appreciate the replies I've received regarding my issue, two posts above, over a WEEK AGO now. XDA is a place to learn, provide assistance, and receive assistance. The lack of even the slightest reply such as a meager "I'm not sure what to tell you..." simply is enough to speak volumes of how people just truly do not give a rats ass. I'm always one to assist. So it naturally ticks me off when a simple question goes completely ignored for over an entire week. That's all I've got. If anybody wants to "pick a bone" let's take it to PM. Because if anyone is that ignorant to somehow have any "bones to pick" based on my detailed and rightfully-placed agitation, then that would simply show more balls than brains. This is just gross negligence to give even a basic reply up to this point, I feel. That's all. :RantOver:

Ker~Man said:
I'm not one to *****, usually, but I just want everyone to know I appreciate the replies I've received regarding my issue, two posts above, over a WEEK AGO now. XDA is a place to learn, provide assistance, and receive assistance. The lack of even the slightest reply such as a meager "I'm not sure what to tell you..." simply is enough to speak volumes of how people just truly do not give a rats ass. I'm always one to assist. So it naturally ticks me off when a simple question goes completely ignored for over an entire week. That's all I've got. If anybody wants to "pick a bone" let's take it to PM. Because if anyone is that ignorant to somehow have any "bones to pick" based on my detailed and rightfully-placed agitation, then that would simply show more balls than brains. This is just gross negligence to give even a basic reply up to this point, I feel. That's all. :RantOver:
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I apalogize if your post didn't get answered.... I've had some family problems as of late and haven't been able to maintain my threads as much as usual up to this point. But I hope that you worked your issue out and if you still have any questions please feel free to post and I will reply with some answers no problem.

Thank you, @SICKMADE. You are a class act here on XDA. Never was I distinctively pointing any finger at you, please understand. Also, I am sorry to hear about your family, and whatever is going on, I hope and pray heals itself sooner rather than later. Anyway, no, I still cannot get your themes to display correctly on TWRP 2.8.6.0. The sliding/confirm bar is off-center and unusable and a few, more minor graphical glitches I cannot recall at the moment. TWRP 2.8.5.0 shows everything properly and works flawlessly with your goods. I would screenshot it, but don't believe there is a way within recovery...? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks again!

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Thank you, @SICKMADE. You are a class act here on XDA. Never was I distinctively pointing any finger at you, please understand. Also, I am sorry to hear about your family, and whatever is going on, I hope and pray heals itself sooner rather than later. Anyway, no, I still cannot get your themes to display correctly on TWRP 2.8.6.0. The sliding/confirm bar is off-center and unusable and a few, more minor graphical glitches I cannot recall at the moment. TWRP 2.8.5.0 shows everything properly and works flawlessly with your goods. I would screenshot it, but don't believe there is a way within recovery...? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks again!
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I really appreciate the kind words.... people like you are the only reason that I take the time to share my work in the first place. As for the issue that your having with using my theme on 2.8.6.0 I have not updated to that yet and so don't know of that problem. To take a screenshot all you have to do is press volume down and power at the same time. I will def look into the issue with the new recovery and fix it no prob. I usually never update TWRP once I get on one that is stable without any bugs unless there is a major update that is. Is the latest TWRP running good without any bugs? If so I will update the themes to be compatible.

Thus far, I have noticed no bugs with that version, in and of itself. If anyone else has anything to add, please do chime in.

Dude you freaking rock bro salute.
I followed all the steps on your method and it doesn't change anything on my end.
Keep up the sickwork
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