I have installed Blu Kuban ROM and loving it. However I liked the default color them of stock FF18 or even the GS3. How would I go about getting the original color scheme back to my system settings and ONLY system settings? I'm pretty familiar with system/app and the framework folders... I just dont know what goes where...
Thanks.
It would almost be easier to flash stock FF18 systemui and framework back to the phone than to retheme it and work up from there for the few things you want to change.
tdunham said:
It would almost be easier to flash stock FF18 systemui and framework back to the phone than to retheme it and work up from there for the few things you want to change.
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Ok, ya that sounds like an idea.. unless there is something inside those files I can copy from the stock to the custom and replace within Systemui and framework..
I really like all the other customizations he made to his ROM.
Thank you for the response.
changlo said:
Ok, ya that sounds like an idea.. unless there is something inside those files I can copy from the stock to the custom and replace within Systemui and framework..
I really like all the other customizations he made to his ROM.
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You're going to lose quite a bit. He has a lot of mods, including the extended toggles if you go with stock. You will have to experiment. You can copy over all the stock icons over to his systemui and framework files from res/drawable-hdpi as a start. More advanced color modding (changing color codes) would be necessary in the decompiled xml files otherwise.
Edit: Don't replace the battery icons though when you copy over the entire contents of the drawable-hdpi.
changlo said:
Ok, ya that sounds like an idea.. unless there is something inside those files I can copy from the stock to the custom and replace within Systemui and framework..
I really like all the other customizations he made to his ROM.
Thank you for the response.
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He has a ROM pretty close to aosp type....never seen another TW based ROM so updated or having so many easy custom installs. But if u want changes, you either need to theme or go with cm9/aokp to install other themes- and there are quite a few to pick from. Do a nand and see what suits you best.
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Making this thread in effort to keep things a little less cluttered in the forum/threads
Post your inquiries here and I'll try my best to answer your questions when time permits... this is a community so hopefully the other experienced senior members will chime in to help.
Overground: can we get a sticky?
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Alrite just a couple questions about theming and customization.
I would like to apply your red sense theme.
-Do I have to use a rom or can I just apply it on my rooted phone?
-If I have to use a rom which do you suggest so I can still use the original internet app that came with the phone?
Thx for all your help!
Sent you a PM about this actually.
Whats the trick to enable transparency? Particularly the notification pull-down. I have already modified framework-res.apk to include the transparent images, however they are not displaying transparent when applied to the phone. I read a few things about hexing, and even found a 'transparency patcher' program from droid-forums. This patcher apparently, does the hex work for you on services.jar. However, it did not do the trick. What am I missing here?
I'm running my own fully deodexed custom rom based on the 2.2 sense leak.
I'm working on Transparency as well...I contacted Xeudoxus at droidforums...hopefully he can help.
I would just like to know how to manually change my icons and or folders on my home screen and in my app drawer. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
I too would like to find out how to change the "Folders" icon from the plain manila to obviously something else.
Tyler 3 said:
Alrite just a couple questions about theming and customization.
I would like to apply your red sense theme.
-Do I have to use a rom or can I just apply it on my rooted phone?
-If I have to use a rom which do you suggest so I can still use the original internet app that came with the phone?
Thx for all your help!
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All root themes will usually only work for the rom they are made for. Sometimes there are big changes to the firmware, sometimes little... a good rule of thumb is to always make a nandroid backup if your an early adopter. So long story short:
1. yes
2. whatever rom i made the theme for... you can only use the original browser app with sense
deficitism said:
Sent you a PM about this actually.
Whats the trick to enable transparency? Particularly the notification pull-down. I have already modified framework-res.apk to include the transparent images, however they are not displaying transparent when applied to the phone. I read a few things about hexing, and even found a 'transparency patcher' program from droid-forums. This patcher apparently, does the hex work for you on services.jar. However, it did not do the trick. What am I missing here?
I'm running my own fully deodexed custom rom based on the 2.2 sense leak.
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I'm working on Transparency as well...I contacted Xeudoxus at droidforums...hopefully he can help.
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I have no idea... If you guys get ahold of Xeadoxus then let me know how its done. I have a feeling he'll tell you to download xUltimate though.
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I would just like to know how to manually change my icons and or folders on my home screen and in my app drawer. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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I too would like to find out how to change the "Folders" icon from the plain manila to obviously something else.
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Changing folder icons/app icons: you're gonna have to theme the rom you're using
basic ingredients in no particular order:
1. update.zip- just download one of themes and the update script in there (META-INF) or make your own if you feel like learning the syntax
2. resigning tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3175518&postcount=2
3. 7zip for extracting apks
4. Android SDK
5. Lots of time
Start extracting apks and viewing the contents of res/drawable-hdpi---where you'll find icons
Most icons are named ic_launcher_XXXX.png, some are named app_icon, others are just simply icon... you'll have to look around to find them as there is no easy way to change them. Once you find the icon you want to replace, drop your new icon (with exactly the same name) into the same directory (preferably using 7zip since you don't have to have the directory extracted to replace it) and resign the entire zip file... flash zip and win!
So how much time do you think I would need if I was to do this? Just kidding looks like a pain in the ass. However, doable. Thanks for the link to signing the zip. Thought it just might be a bit easier. Hopefully soon I can change the plain folders to a picture of my girlfriend or something.
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Signal Bars
I have seemed to try everything to change the signal bar(s) colors. I have changed all of the icons to a red theme and the only way I can think thats left is that it has to be hex coded. Important fact is I am running skyraider 2.0.1. Has anyone had any luck changing these?
Adding Ext Power as well as % Battery Mod is very easy thanks to Jim Panses super Arbeit
Many thanks also to Dena and whiskeybro for their Theme as well as vukandric for the Gingerbread theme.
This is how I did it on Darky's Rom, but it should theoretically work for any Rom based on JPU.
Possibly the Rom needs to be deodexed what most custom roms are anyway.
You will possibly lose animations but there is an easy way to get them back!
Read end of post for this!
Ok let's get started with the simple (but limited) method.
Step 1:
Download the theme from Dena, the Gingerbread Theme as well as the framework-res.apk attached to this post. Put them on your SD card.
Step 2:
Install Dena's Theme with extended Power Menu
Step 3:
Install Gingerbread Theme
Step 4:
With Root Explorer copy the framework-res.apk file out of this thread to /system/framework
Your system will most likely crash after that and reboot with the new framework-res.apk active. Then change the permissions to 644 meaning all boxes in the first column selected as well as the topmost row of the second column selected. All else unselected.
Done!
This should work for any rom, but I can't confirm it yet.
For anyone interested in making their own themes compatible with ext pwr + % battery here is the more complicated way to do this and the way I actually did it:
Step 1:
You will need Dena's Theme again as a base as well as a another theme that already has the % battery but lacks the power menu. (It work too if you don't have % battery yet, but then only for the ext Power Menu)
Step 2:
Extract the framework-res.apk of each theme.
Step 3:
copy everything from framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi of the theme you want to use into the same (sometimes also called "...\drawable-hdpi-v4") folder within the framework-res.apk of Dena's Theme.
Do not extract the framework-res-apk files. Use 7-zip to open them and do the copying!
Step 4:
Do the steps from the "simple" guide but instead of gingerbread theme you use your theme of choice and the framework-res.apk you use is the one you created.
Animations:
Many Themes use custom animations now.
The most common is the fly-in animation.
These animations might be lost with this method.
To get them back simply download the "Animations.zip" from this thread. Extract and move to /sdcard/AndroidThemes and then install with Metamorph (app can be found on market)
Here is another way provided by kenkiller
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extract the anim folder inside darkky's framework-res.apk with 7zip, and then overwrite the same folder and contents with the framework-res.apk you intend to copy to ur phone. But in the case of animations, it's needed to clear dalvik cache in CWM.
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Haven't tried yet, but I see no reason why it should not work
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you might wanna change super arbeit to great work
Jonas.M said:
you might wanna change super arbeit to great work
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That was intentional
Very useful, someone should try this on Darkyy's 5.2
I AM on Darky 5.2!
Were you able to retain all of Darkyy's animations after doing this?
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... but it should theoretically work for any Rom based on JPU.
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No it doesn't. Not all rom can use it. Each rom framework-res.apk is different.
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No it doesn't. Not all rom can use it. Each rom framework-res.apk is different.
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differently themed maybe, but it should still work as they are all based on the same framework-res.apk (that of JPU)
Animations are gone, but I have a good idea how to fix this
Animations are what puts Darkyy's ROM apart. Apart from his very good themed colors & graphics.
Thank you for the credits!
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Animations are what puts Darkyy's ROM apart. Apart from his very good themed colors & graphics.
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The fly in animations are exactly the ones used in darkyy's rom,or at least similar enough that I didn't notice a difference yet.
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If you used my files as the base for this, its only a little part of the fly in animation, because i dont liked the whole package!
What Dena theme do you mean? That link is to the captivate forums?
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If you used my files as the base for this, its only a little part of the fly in animation, because i dont liked the whole package!
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After installing the Gingerbread Theme all transitions are lost. I used the ones from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774738
If you want to add your own animation set I would gladly upload it here, too
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What Dena theme do you mean? That link is to the captivate forums?
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My mistake, fixed it!
Thx for the info
Giving it a 5-star. Helpful.
it's pretty easy to regain the animations if u prefer the original.
Just extract the anim folder inside darkky's framework-res.apk with 7zip, and then overwrite the same folder and contents with the framework-res.apk you intend to copy to ur phone. But in the case of animations, it's needed to clear dalvik cache in CWM.
This actually does work on most custom roms, as long as they are deodexed.. Great work though..
Is it also possible to only add ext menu and keep glass window lock screen? I like the instant sms reader
kenkiller said:
it's pretty easy to regain the animations if u prefer the original.
Just extract the anim folder inside darkky's framework-res.apk with 7zip, and then overwrite the same folder and contents with the framework-res.apk you intend to copy to ur phone. But in the case of animations, it's needed to clear dalvik cache in CWM.
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I added this to the front page, hope you don't mind.
As an UN-experienced dev, I am attempting to theme a stock rom that has already been rooted, de-odexed and zipaligned.
other that theming non-stock launchers, is there a way to install a theme chooser compatible with cm10 and aosp themes?
Thanks
dbrannon79 said:
As an UN-experienced dev, I am attempting to theme a stock rom that has already been rooted, de-odexed and zipaligned.
other that theming non-stock launchers, is there a way to install a theme chooser compatible with cm10 and aosp themes?
Thanks
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As long as the assets are compatible (have to check drawable-hdpi in each apk) then you should be able to simply push a new SystemUI.apk to /system/app/ I made my own theme for the first ICS release by DMan, and pushed it through ADB and it works fine.
If there are assets missing, or not set up right (EX: missing .9 patches) it could bootloop or cause your SystemUI to crash. So backup before testing, obviously.
- Sent from Android
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As long as the assets are compatible (have to check drawable-hdpi in each apk) then you should be able to simply push a new SystemUI.apk to /system/app/ I made my own theme for the first ICS release by DMan, and pushed it through ADB and it works fine.
If there are assets missing, or not set up right (EX: missing .9 patches) it could bootloop or cause your SystemUI to crash. So backup before testing, obviously.
- Sent from Android
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So I might get lucky by just pushing systemui.apk from cm9 or cm10?
My goal is to be able to use a theme like cobalt blue for cm10 on a stock rooted rom!
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dbrannon79 said:
So I might get lucky by just pushing systemui.apk from cm9 or cm10?
My goal is to be able to use a theme like cobalt blue for cm10 on a stock rooted rom!
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No sir. CM themes use different assets, you'd have to manually mix and match the proper assets to the drawable-hdpi folder of the stock ROM.
- Samsung Captivate Glide
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No sir. CM themes use different assets, you'd have to manually mix and match the proper assets to the drawable-hdpi folder of the stock ROM.
- Samsung Captivate Glide
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ok I found something very close to what I was looking for! Here is a link to what I want to have done!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334922&page=1629
I have attempted to manually paste the items into the rom I'm working on but to wont boot, not will doing this to individual system apk's render them not to work! I read through the thread and it seems that the op isn't responding anymore to the thread!
being you are a very eperienced themer, would it be possible for you to look at this and maybe get this to work for the glide?
I would greatly appreciate this.
if you are able to, here is a link to the rom a friend and I have been working on that we would like to have this them working on!
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390195663897100306
Thank you very much
dbrannon79 said:
ok I found something very close to what I was looking for! Here is a link to what I want to have done!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334922&page=1629
I have attempted to manually paste the items into the rom I'm working on but to wont boot, not will doing this to individual system apk's render them not to work! I read through the thread and it seems that the op isn't responding anymore to the thread!
being you are a very eperienced themer, would it be possible for you to look at this and maybe get this to work for the glide?
I would greatly appreciate this.
if you are able to, here is a link to the rom a friend and I have been working on that we would like to have this them working on!
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390195663897100306
Thank you very much
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Its likely not booting due to missing assets. Almost every ROM has different SystemUI/Framework assets. Example, the theme elements in Cyan10 are vastly different than any of our stock roms.
If you want to convert a theme from another phone, it can be done. But its not as simple as just pasting the corresponding apk in. It depends on othee things as well... The glide's main theme file is SystemUI.apk, whereas some phones use Framework-res.apk so there is also that to consider.
Converting themes from another device, you'll have to go in to the theme you want to convert, and match the files up to the theme you're replacing. You'll have to change file names and make sure no files are missing, also make sure you're only using HDPI themes.
- Samsung Captivate Glide
Does anyone have ICS blue status bar icons for MSG&Chubbs 4.0? Other than that been loving the rom!
I believe you can find the icons you want in systemui.apk. find a Rom or theme that has what you want and use 7zip to copy the pictures over.
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gbell28 said:
Does anyone have ICS blue status bar icons for MSG&Chubbs 4.0? Other than that been loving the rom!
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Go to the morphology thread and follow the steps to flash their theming options
Morphology is a no go on this ROM will break their systemui.
studentjunk said:
I believe you can find the icons you want in systemui.apk. find a Rom or theme that has what you want and use 7zip to copy the pictures over.
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I was wondering if you could provide a little more detail? Would I just extract the APK and then replace the icons and then compress it again?
Thanks for the help.
If you do a search in the msg&chubbs 4.0 thread for morphology you will find that it does work. you have to flash the morphology stock system ui before the morphology zip or your system ui will crash but if you follow the steps you will be fine
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Do a backup before you try anything
csolander said:
If you do a search in the msg&chubbs 4.0 thread for morphology you will find that it does work. you have to flash the morphology stock system ui before the morphology zip or your system ui will crash but if you follow the steps you will be fine
Well not quite...if you do that, it will break the UI because the 23 toggles mod will be gone.
I tried morphology by itself, tried to change only the status bar icons. Worked OK, for some reason the signal bars were the only thing that couldn't change.
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Originally Posted by*blue5055
*I use*Morphology*with this rom without a single issue. U just have to do the following:
1. download*morphology, stock system ui, and 15 toggle mod aka lidroid.*http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1968724
2. In recovery make a nandroid backup in case u need to back
3. wipe cache and dalvik*
4. Install in*THIS*order: system ui, lindroid,*morphology. Be sure to make a backup inside the*morphology*aroma installer in case u want to go back to rom default.*I've been using*morphology*on all roms I flash both asop & touchwiz and as long as everything is flashed in the correct order it works perfectly
You might have missed a step or done the incorrect order
You will lose the 23 toggle mod but gain a lot of personal customizability. plus this is a lot easier than going into system ui apk or framework res apk
I'm on the Rom you are asking about. I followed the instructions and everything is working fine. Had to run morphology twice and had to change everything on the status bar, not just leave it alone.
Edit I did some research and the devs over in the Rom thread say definitely don't use morphology with this Rom. It breaks some of the mods. I have restored my nandriod and back to grey icons. Small price to pay for a great Rom.
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I tried replacing the status bar icons in systemui.apk with blue ones and then put it back and rebooted but I still had the grey icons. Not sure what I am missing.
Thoughts?
Which mods does morphology break?
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Which mods does morphology break?
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I am not 100% sure but I think it will break all the 3minit stuff which is baked into the systemui and framework. Key word is "i think".
Upload your SystemUI.apk here and I'll see what I can do.
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Upload your SystemUI.apk here and I'll see what I can do.
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Thanks a lot man, I started by trying to change just the 4G icon, but when I put it back it was still grey. I am not sure what exactly happened. I had to zip it to get it under the 8MB limit for uploads.
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Originally Posted by*blue5055
*I use*Morphology*with this rom without a single issue. U just have to do the following:
1. download*morphology, stock system ui, and 15 toggle mod aka lidroid.*http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1968724
2. In recovery make a nandroid backup in case u need to back
3. wipe cache and dalvik*
4. Install in*THIS*order: system ui, lindroid,*morphology. Be sure to make a backup inside the*morphology*aroma installer in case u want to go back to rom default.*I've been using*morphology*on all roms I flash both asop & touchwiz and as long as everything is flashed in the correct order it works perfectly
You might have missed a step or done the incorrect order
You will lose the 23 toggle mod but gain a lot of personal customizability. plus this is a lot easier than going into system ui apk or framework res apk
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csolander said:
If you do a search in the msg&chubbs 4.0 thread for morphology you will find that it does work. you have to flash the morphology stock system ui before the morphology zip or your system ui will crash but if you follow the steps you will be fine
Well not quite...if you do that, it will break the UI because the 23 toggles mod will be gone.
I tried morphology by itself, tried to change only the status bar icons. Worked OK, for some reason the signal bars were the only thing that couldn't change.
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I am not 100% sure but I think it will break all the 3minit stuff which is baked into the systemui and framework. Key word is "i think".
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Morphology is compatible with MSG & Chubbs only if u flash it correctly as outlined above. U still get to have all the toggles & more importantly u can customize them along with the status bar icons & the settings icons. Yes the 3minit options will no longer work, but since u can customize the clock items in morphology u dont lose anything. I've attached some screenshots to show
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Thanks a lot man, I started by trying to change just the 4G icon, but when I put it back it was still grey. I am not sure what exactly happened. I had to zip it to get it under the 8MB limit for uploads.
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Sorry I took so long.
Try this one (non flashable, push to System/App.)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37471265/AOSP SystemUI.zip
EDIT: This hasn't been tested as I don't use MSG and Chubbs ROM. (I hear it's awesome, though!) Let me know if it is what you're looking for.
Are there modded toggles out for UVDMD5?
I tried doing it by hand but can't seem to decompile SystemUI.apk.
If there is one already done I would rather just copy the files over.
Thanks in advance.
re: toggles
jrosetto said:
Are there modded toggles out for UVDMD5?
I tried doing it by hand but can't seem to decompile SystemUI.apk.
If there is one already done I would rather just copy the files over.
Thanks in advance.
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You can try this if you like, this is a full theme with toggles like you never seen, this is the most graphical,
fancy, colorful and professional theme I have ever seen on a cellphone.
This theme comes with statusbar mod'ed battery, wifi, signalbar and other mod'ed graphics and backgrounds.
Another nice thing about this theme is that it automatically makes a backs up a cwm/twrp flashable zip file
so if you happen not to like it at all, you can revert back to whatever you have now.
Here is the link: JB_MAD_THEME
Give it a try!