|Tutorial|Theming Videos|3|22|12 - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Videos I Made to help people with theming
Basic Theming January 24th
.9 Patch Tutorial March 1st
XML'n March 21st

awesome video...but what program are you using?...that would help a little,,lol..

wish777 said:
awesome video...but what program are you using?...that would help a little,,lol..
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APK-MANAGER
Photoshop & Paint.net

Wow thx i was looking something like this!

Bro, this is awesome. I've been wanting to get into theming here and there for my own purposes and this is perfect.
Thanks.

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APK-MANAGER
Photoshop & Paint.net
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thanks bro...im gonna give it a whirl,,wish me luck,,,
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quick question when running script,,it says Adb not found?....phone has to be connected correct,,is it saying i need the drivers? cuz i have all those already i did all that for rooting through pda and kies?
nevermind,,i think you have to put the apk tool in /c now its saying i need java which i have,,ill do more research before i start asking questions,,,thanks again man

Thanks for the tut, I hope you make an advanced tut if you're up for it. =)
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Ill do an advanced tutorial soon
M&S

Appreciate the help
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mjeezy13947 said:
Appreciate the help
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No prob
M&S

APK Manager version
What version are you using? I searched for APK Manager and got APK Multi-tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310151
Just want to make sure I can theme with it.

dirtybudha said:
What version are you using? I searched for APK Manager and got APK Multi-tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310151
Just want to make sure I can theme with it.
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Apk manager is the older version of apk multi tool. You can grab either one from their official website.
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dirtybudha said:
What version are you using? I searched for APK Manager and got APK Multi-tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310151
Just want to make sure I can theme with it.
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I use 5.0
M&S

For xloud I added the framework and sound effect files and app and stuff then added it to the build prop I followed an instruction site lol
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trypt4mine said:
For xloud I added the framework and sound effect files and app and stuff then added it to the build prop I followed an instruction site lol
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what the heck?...this is a theming tutorial i think u responded here by mistake
M&S

M&S thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for!!

Thanks for the vid dude! I actually decided a few days ago that I was going to try on the theming hat and was trying to do it all with 7-zip and GIMP which was working but now that you've shown me APK Manager I'm going that route. Good vid man.

Wow I didn't think it was this easy. Thanks

bobbyphoenix said:
Wow I didn't think it was this easy. Thanks
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Its only hard if u make it...this is only basic theming, advanced is a diffeeent story
M&S

...giving up here!!
..Ive tried so hard reading every piece of information and i cant use any apk tool can anybody please help me edit some xmls?
i will donate ;-)

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[Q] Baked in Apps

To bake in an app can i just add the signed .apk into system/app/ folder in the actual ROM. zip?
I want to be able to Flash the ROM and be able to have my mostly used apps in there already. Is this possible by just doing that or would it need more scripts for them to be baked in. Please help. I am a noob
joe_d08_17 said:
To bake in an app can i just add the signed .apk into system/app/ folder in the actual ROM. zip?
I want to be able to Flash the ROM and be able to have my mostly used apps in there already. Is this possible by just doing that or would it need more scripts for them to be baked in. Please help. I am a noob
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Yes, most apps will work fine from there. Sounds like you are above the noob curve...lol.
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haha. thanks . i barely learned a few days ago. this is great!
kennyglass123 said:
Yes, most apps will work fine from there. Sounds like you are above the noob curve...lol.
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Great. If that is the case, then I wish more ROM developers would bake TB right into their works!
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mjben said:
Great. If that is the case, then I wish more ROM developers would bake TB right into their works!
sent from my secret underground bunker
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That is about 50/50 on that. I keep a copy on my sd card to reinstall immediately.
mjben said:
Great. If that is the case, then I wish more ROM developers would bake TB right into their works!
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what exactly is TB? what does it stand for? told you i was a noob-.- lol.
what exactly is TB, sorry i am a n00b
joe_d08_17 said:
what exactly is TB, sorry i am a n00b
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Titanium Backup.
joe_d08_17 said:
what exactly is TB, sorry i am a n00b
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Haha noob! Jk... titanium backup
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lol thanks. sorry i dont know abbreviations!!! but i know what titanium backup is!!!!! is it wrong to lets say i edit cm9 alpha1 and bake TI into it and then share on here but give full credit to CM. is this wrong? 0.o
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lol thanks. sorry i dont know abbreviations!!! but i know what titanium backup is!!!!! is it wrong to lets say i edit cm9 alpha1 and bake TI into it and then share on here but give full credit to CM. is this wrong? 0.o
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Yeah I would pass on doing that. It would probably open the door to too many flamers. What would be good if you made a flashable that would just flash TB and anything else into CM9.
oh ok. i was about to do it xP. so i can just get an already flashable zip then delete its contents other than the Meta-INF and then make /system/app folder and place all the apps i want installed all at once in the /app folder?
aslo, if you know anything about xml files. How can i change the name of the app that is displayed? I believe its in the AndroidManifest.xml? If it is how can i edit it?
What EXACTLY is decompile? is it just another word for extracting?
joe_d08_17 said:
oh ok. i was about to do it xP. so i can just get an already flashable zip then delete its contents other than the Meta-INF and then make /system/app folder and place all the apps i want installed all at once in the /app folder?
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That should work. Try to find one that mounts system otherwise you will have to mount system in CWM before flashing.
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joe_d08_17 said:
aslo, if you know anything about xml files. How can i change the name of the app that is displayed? I believe its in the AndroidManifest.xml? If it is how can i edit it?
What EXACTLY is decompile? is it just another word for extracting?
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Lots of good info about editing xmls here in Dreamsforgotten's guide to themeing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821638
OK that's great thanks. But one more thing. Is decompile the same thing as just extracting with 7-zip?
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OK that's great thanks. But one more thing. Is decompile the same thing as just extracting with 7-zip?
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No
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Dam it! So I can only recompile/compile in like eclipse right?
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joe_d08_17 said:
Dam it! So I can only recompile/compile in like eclipse right?
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I drive an Eclipse!
Oh wait a sec...you were talking about the development app?
Yeah, I believe you do the compiling/recompiling in that.
joe_d08_17 said:
Dam it! So I can only recompile/compile in like eclipse right?
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Randomking I think had another app but it boiled down to the same thing, same interface basically.
Nononono you don't need eclipse at all unless editing source code. You must use apk multi-tool. Eclipse is very useful but in this situation use apk multi-tool and notepad++
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911!!!

..Who can be so kind as to perform some xml color edit on my framework and system apps?
.ive tried averything and aevery app and no luck ;-(
A|G said:
..Who can be so kind as to perform some xml color edit on my framework and system apps?
.ive tried averything and aevery app and no luck ;-(
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Dude i told you i would help you you just have to be patient starting a new thread about the exact same thing is going to get you nowhere. Just sayin
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..oh sos sorry bro, i thought u was just gonna help me get the codes but if u can do the edit for me that'll be awesome ;-)
All this time spent asking for help you can be working hard trying to fix ur own problem
M&S
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..believe me bro, im the kind of person who doesnt bother people unless is the last resource ;-(
.ive tried verything!
Master&Slave™ said:
All this time spent asking for help you can be working hard trying to fix ur own problem
M&S
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..believe me bro, im the kind of person who doesnt bother people unless is the last resource ;-(
.ive tried verything!
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What are you trying to do?
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Ive been trying to learn more about this myself.. Like how to edit .9 images and xmls. I have been searching for guides and just going by trial and error but it seems like im at a dead end.. Cant find enough info to even get started. Editing png files with paint.net is easy, but if anyone could point me in the right direction for a place to learn how to go more in depth with xml and .9s, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you looked at the beginners guide on themes done by M&S? Themes in the basic form are pretty simple... Its the deeper themes that can be a challenge ... If you have any questions you can for sure contact me via PM...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506177
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Alexia Whitehurst said:
Have you looked at the beginners guide on themes done by M&S? Themes in the basic form are pretty simple... Its the deeper themes that can be a challenge ... If you have any questions you can for sure contact me via PM...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506177
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Yes please share some xml file editing processes.
Ill do a. 9 tutorial tomorrow
M&S
Alexia Whitehurst said:
Have you looked at the beginners guide on themes done by M&S? Themes in the basic form are pretty simple... Its the deeper themes that can be a challenge ... If you have any questions you can for sure contact me via PM...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506177
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I have watched that video, I'm more looking for ways to do things such as transparent notification pulldown, theme the menu (selections, over scroll), theme the dialer, etc.. That would be awesome if we could get some help with this! I would be willing to throw a donation to you if I could get a better understanding of how to start.
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You could try looking at the theming tutorial in android>android themes section of xda. Its one of the stickies. It'll show you the basic outline of theming and every tool you need.
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Master&Slave™ said:
Ill do a. 9 tutorial tomorrow
M&S
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Such a nice Guy...
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..i need for the status bar clock to end with small AM PM and color #ffbebebe in my framework-res.apk and the date and network provider text on my systemui.apk to be the same color too.
Can u help me please? here are the files ;-)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=918849&d=1330158173
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=918850&d=1330158173
Alexia Whitehurst said:
What are you trying to do?
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[MOD][CM9][System background][Dialer Background][MOD][SGS2]

This is my first attempt at a MOD for a ROM. It is for CM9 and is an abstract background for the system menus. It wont work if you use a theme from the theme chooser in CM9
DO A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST!!
I have only tested it on SGS2 CM9 Nightly 706 so far.
I am going to look at changing the background for the dialer too and also will include other abstract backgrounds when I become a bit more au fait with how to do it.
EDIT: Added dialer background
EDIT: Added another
Thanks to Gabowinter for his tutorial
Images taken from Google Images
Reserved....
Are they working ok for those that have downloaded?
I think someone great you to it.unless I'm missing something...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577931
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digeddydogg said:
I think someone great you to it.unless I'm missing something...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577931
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Well, that's a thread on HOW to do it, this is a thread with some ready made ones that I have done :/
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hazwheel said:
Well, that's a thread on HOW to do it, this is a thread with some ready made ones that I have done :/
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My mistake. You should let them know.
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How can I change the background manually?
I've found the background_holo_dark.png in framework but neither Solid or Root explorer won't let me copy the file for backup before I replace it.
I know there's a thread for this I just can't find it on Tapatalk.
Edit: thanks for link, need ADB and 7zip to do it

Mass storage?

Thom75 said:
Hello Everyone,
Last time I faced with that problem to. All I was needed I found here so thank You for sharing information and fix. :good:
Because it wasn't working when I did changes in build.prop and I don't like flash unknown files (version, source)
I did some research and there is result. All what You need is:
1) change line in build.prop
from:
Code:
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp
to:
Code:
persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage
2) add value:
Code:
android:allowMassStorage="true"
in framework-res.apk/res/xml/storage_list.xml
where oryginal line look like this:
Code:
<storage android:mountPoint="/storage/sdcard0" android:storageDescription="@string/storage_sd_card" android:primary="true" android:removable="true" android:maxFileSize="4096" />
after change look like this:
Code:
<storage android:mountPoint="/storage/sdcard0" android:storageDescription="@string/storage_sd_card" android:primary="true" android:removable="true" android:allowMassStorage="true" android:maxFileSize="4096" />
After that You'll get another option in storage configuration panel.
Tested on my Sony LwW, CM10 FXP203. :victory:
Thom
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Saw this in another thread, wonder, would this work? If so that would be awesome.
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Upload your framework-res.apk and build.prop, I'll do the mods and you can test it (I dont yet have this phone, waiting for it)
Also, can you provide a link to the original thread? Thanks
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CNexus said:
Upload your framework-res.apk and build.prop, I'll do the mods and you can test it (I dont yet have this phone, waiting for it)
Also, can you provide a link to the original thread? Thanks
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hey, you're the man!!! i can take care of the build prop and prbobly even the framework just wanted to know, bu i will gladly let someone else have a hack! gimme a sec and il drop a link
das_webos_transformer said:
hey, you're the man!!! i can take care of the build prop and prbobly even the framework just wanted to know, bu i will gladly let someone else have a hack! gimme a sec and il drop a link
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Awesomesauce
What rom are you on? (And android version)
Just so that I can keep it organized haha
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CNexus said:
Awesomesauce
What rom are you on? (And android version)
Just so that I can keep it organized haha
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iim on 4.1.1, working on my next release of throwback rom, its undergoing some major renovating. new apps, theme that doesnt suck, liddroid, ac!d sound by default, aosp keyboard, cm10 calculator and some more coming. this would also be included if it works, wich would be awesome
Build.prop
https://www.box.com/s/js16ffbiie6g50m9kiyh
Freamework-res
https://www.box.com/s/77qtx0wdw8lz4ilecsno
also, if youre on desktop or whatnot, you can click the little arrow next to the quote, and it will send you to the OP! who knew?
also, if youre an irc guy, i usually troll aorund in the #iconia-dev on freenode. pretty cool dudes up in there
Haha, actually its sending me to the post that you quoted
same thing
heres a quick lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8NVl74uYs
haha
Uploading, will edit post in a sec...
Links
framework-res.apk (modded)
build.prop (modded)
ok. made a flashable. freaking laptop doesnt mount the phone to well.
https://www.box.com/s/3qbw635fkh61t17q0doa
thats a funny video rihgt? lol
it rebooted... thats a good sign
muarh didnt work.. hmm
haha did the zip wrong haha.... framework-res goes in framework duh
and the build prop goes in system... ready for a nap... lol
Um, in the flashable you have the framework-res.apk outside the system/framework folder...
i fixed it... lol not gonna upload a new one. its a softer. i think. did a random reboot after finishing the cache and now it hangs. lol
i fixed the flashable, after i noticed my theme didnt change,lol but it didnt work. probobly for the best. thank you so much for that though!
ewwww!!!111!!1!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
Hoping it works :fingers-crossed:
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Didn't work....daRN
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Didn't work....daRN
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The app?
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Yesir
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das_webos_transformer said:
Yesir
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Hm. Well that really sucks, idk what to tell you
Try looking over in all the other carrier forums (for the S3), maybe they got something
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See if this helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849861
bmdiz said:
See if this helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849861
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Well, thats not really what he was trying to do
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Well, thats not really what he was trying to do
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My bad. That's what I thought he was looking for. Looks like he's still in a jam.
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[APP] Fonts

As the old thread was closed,I am starting a new one here.I asked the moderators before.
Most of the fonts are converted by C7M's tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251745
Please,post the fonts you wish to be converted as ttf or otf files here or link to them. I also can resize them or apply effects like bold.
If you are running a gingerbread powered device,please,let me kindly know. Because then the font app has to be customized accordingly.
I just started creating an app providing the fonts (my favourites for the beginning). You only need to install this app, then you got a lot of fonts to choose in the display settings.
I am going to add your favs of course. So just tell me which I shall add additionally. The app is called pauldiddy fonts and it is attached to this post. It is going to be updated occasionally.
Hi,Paul..so you will not be converting zip fonts anymore?
Hey Paul, I will help out in the thread.
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veeven said:
Hi,Paul..so you will not be converting zip fonts anymore?
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inside the zip files,there are the ttf ones
SNWHTQN said:
Hey Paul, I will help out in the thread.
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thanks,you are very welcome
But I can't export or copy the link here.... could I send you in email instead? Cos iit keep crashing when I'm trying to copy the link here..
pauldiddy said:
As the old thread was closed,I am starting a new one here.I asked the moderators before.
Most of the fonts are converted by c7m's tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251745
Please,post the fonts you wish to be converted as ttf or otf files here or link to them. I also can resize them or apply effects like bold.
If you are running a gingerbread powered device,please,let me kindly know. Cause then the font app has to be customized accordingly.
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Awesome! So are there any restrictions on this thread? Just wondering, before Monotype goes crying to their lawyers again because people aren't buying their stupid KOREAN fonts & creating their own? LOL!! I just want to make sure that the thread doesn't get shut down like the other one did.
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SNWHTQN said:
Hey Paul, I will help out in the thread.
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Hey doll! Do you still have that Always Forever font? The one that was bolded & I wanted about 5-10% bigger?
Yay! So glad this thread is back! Quick question though, with fonts we find from iPhone users, which tff file do we pull out to post to be converted?
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Yay! So glad this thread is back! Quick question though, with fonts we find from iPhone users, which tff file do we pull out to post to be converted?
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in most cases,it's the Georgia.ttf file.but you can also post the whole zip file and I grab the corresponding ttf files out of it.
pauldiddy said:
in most cases,it's the Georgia.ttf file.but you can also post the whole zip file and I grab the corresponding ttf files out of it.
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Okay if I need to do anything differently please let me know! *giddy moment* been wanting these converted for a good minute now, how I've missed this thread. Thank you so much for what you do again! :cyclops::victory:
Can I get this font converted pretty please?!?!?! Thanks in advance!!! =)
Quick question as well...did anyone have Love Me Forever converted before? Let me know if I need to add the file to have it converted! Thanks!!
veeven said:
But I can't export or copy the link here.... could I send you in email instead? Cos iit keep crashing when I'm trying to copy the link here..
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yes,mail me or send me a pm,it's ok in this case
makbeezy said:
Okay if I need to do anything differently please let me know! *giddy moment* been wanting these converted for a good minute now, how I've missed this thread. Thank you so much for what you do again! :cyclops::victory:
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trishah1105 said:
Can I get this font converted pretty please?!?!?! Thanks in advance!!! =)
Quick question as well...did anyone have Love Me Forever converted before? Let me know if I need to add the file to have it converted! Thanks!!
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done
http://db.tt/H2tnAo9m
Okay, haha. Ive used another way to place it here
veeven said:
http://db.tt/H2tnAo9m
Okay, haha. Ive used another way to place it here
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have a nice evening
somebody please convert this ttf to apk please
and make the "yummycupcakes" font little bit bold
*i use gb rom*
thanks before
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Thanks you so much
Flipfonts
I just made these for a few friends... They are FREE fonts from fontspace.com
Hiya Paul can you please convert this font. Ladies its quite cute BTW
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gaf7h448fey8ql8/GFBabyCream.font.zip
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milkshake21april said:
somebody please convert this ttf to apk please
and make the "yummycupcakes" font little bit bold
*i use gb rom*
thanks before
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makbeezy said:
Hiya Paul can you please convert this font. Ladies its quite cute BTW
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gaf7h448fey8ql8/GFBabyCream.font.zip
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you are welcome
started creating an app containing fonts (my favourites for the beginning).but I am going to add your favs of course.so just tell me which I shall add additionally.the app is called pauldiddy fonts and it is attached to this post.
Flipfonts
Enjoy!
font request
Brooke font - http://db.tt/3ZUJ62U1
Can you help me convert this to apk ? Thank
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And this Emmy font- http://db.tt/RFnBMHAf
Thanks

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