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G mail appearance question

Hi guys. I was wondering if someone could answer this for me . The appearance of my Gmail app inbox has gone dark grey background with white txt and new mail comes in with a black background with white txt.
This is quite annoying as i don't remember changing any settings and i am finding it a bit off putting.
I can't for the life of me find how to change it back to the white background.
Can anybody point it out to me pls??
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a dark-themed gmail app? I'd kill to have that...

Dunno how it happened. It was white till yesterday. I have the latest version installed but the icon is even slightly different to my friends ones. I've got a closed envelope with 'M 'Im the middle whereas my friends have a 'M ' popping up out of the envelope. Strange. . . .
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are you sure it's the real gmail app? check the about section.
could you attach the apk?

Have you played with any THEMES for your phone? Usually, some themes are coming with few themed applications ...
The themed applications are getting installed at once with the phone theme, w/o any warning or info.
If you did install a phone theme, look inside the zip file (the theme itself) under system/app ... if you see a gmail.apk there, then you just found out how you've ended with a black gmail app.
P.S.: I'm also interested in getting your themed gmail. apk file

XlAfbk said:
are you sure it's the real gmail app? check the about section.
could you attach the apk?
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Yes it is. V 2.3 .2
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I've tried a few different themes the last few days to honest . Have them all on my sd card. Just checked and the only one with a Gmail.apk is gingermix. Maybe this is where it came from .
I've changed since though and wiped cache and dalvik first??
If you guys explain how i can attach the Gmail.apk then no prob. Can i do it on my SGS?
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I've ran some tests based on your input and YES, the gingermix theme is the culprit here ...
Please find attached the gingermix themed gmail apk and also the stock gmail. Both packages are installable via CWM.
I personally like more the gingermix themed one ... thanks for bringing this issue up

Its funny actually. Now that I've copped it i see bits of various themes all over my phone. . Lol.
I have generation x blue theme installed right now but also see these :
Gmail.apk from gingermix v4
Dialer, phone.apk and message icon from jumba 2.5
He he he he
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@ro_explorer. . Thanks for that.
A little off topic but if i was to revert back to stock theme can i flash a notification bar from one theme and a separate battery,icon set from another??
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I've uploaded again the zips with the gmail.apk only .. it was something wrong with the update scripts earlier (I've edited the scripts with wordpad so it got screwed up).

If you like to play with the themes, you will have to use a deodexed rom in the forst place, then you can play with various png files inside the framework-res.apk file under /system/framework dorectory (this is quite dangerous if you're not really sure what you are doing IMO).
Personally I'm using the Generation X V2.0B with some elements from generationX V1.14 (wifi icons to be more exact), some personal touch-ups in the buttons for the AOSP unlock screen and puzzle unlock, modified taskbar ... and some various themed applications that are going really well with this theme
If anyone is interested I can share it. I'm not taking credit for anything .. these are just things found here, on this very forum

I would like that alright. Is that the standard looking wifi icon as opposed to the battle axe looking one in v2?
Im using gen x v2 hard blue but finding some txt hard to read Im the menus.
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I've just turned off my computer. I'll upload the files tomorrow morning.
The wifi icon is the one used in v1.14 (the axe looking one).

ro_explorer said:
I've just turned off my computer. I'll upload the files tomorrow morning.
The wifi icon is the one used in v1.14 (the axe looking one).
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Cool thanks. What's the difference between the two wifi icons in v 1.14 and v 2.0?
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Here we go ... even if we are waaaay off-topic (still, the theme has also the themed gmail ) ...
http://www.multiupload.com/7GABD8IDUP
Wallpaper:
Screenshot attached - go launcher ex in the preview.

Cool. That looks great man. Much prefer that wifi icon to the newer one. I was gonna have a go off customising a theme for myself this weekend but I might hold off and enjoy yours now for a while. ;-)
Thanks
PS...I'm actually starting to like the themed gmail app!!
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could you please post a screenshot of that themed gmail.apk?

Yes .. I can .. i guess ...

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Yes .. I can .. i guess ...
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Ya mine looks the same
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[Q] Change Application List Background ?

As we know application list's background is a black screen .
I was browsing around the android developement and saw a ROM which provides different background from the black one.
I mean that - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971333
On the screenshots we can see that background in application list is like the wallpaper on the phone.
Thats exactly what I want .
So is there any app , which can provide this . Because I haven't rooted / flashed with any roms my stock DHD , and I don't want to
Thanks alot

You will need to edit settings.apk or maybe the framework ...
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Xxki3 crt only and remove statusbar clock

Hi there,
Here are a CRT only mod for XXKI3 and a mod to remove the clock on the statusbar.
This is for stock xxki3
Try at own risk.
copy framework-res.apk to system/framework for crt
copy systemui.apk to system/app to remove clock
Br

Anyone tried this yet?
Ephumuris

I haven't tried this, but I'll be interested in a mod to remove the clock from the notification bar for KH3 or other firmwares. Hopefully by just changing some codes.
Being a little foolhardy and optimistic, I tried the one for I9000 (JPY/JPO) but it gave me a temporary black wallpaper after rebooting. Good thing I did a nandroid backup before that!
Found a thread with info on changing the script--or whatchamacallit--bit I've not dipped my teensy toes in such waters yet.

Its not that hard
You just have to remove some code in the status_bar.xml.
Im on xxki3 right now but I had remove the code in kh4 too.
Im not seeing the clock for months and I like that.
Now there is more space for my statusbar icons.
Br
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Thank you.

im getting f.c.....
is it for stock KI3?

Yes its for stock ki3
Tell me what file is causing trouble?
The framework or the systemui?
Br
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Framework ....
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I have tested it here but it works fine, I got force close but after restart it works fine.
But I have build a new one to make things sure.
Try the framework-reski3crt.rar maybe that will work.
Dont forget replacing framework-res.apk always causes force close!
But after restart it will work fine (most of the times)
regards
Br

still f.c...

This is off topic, but is there a way to add Date beside the time??
i have widget that shows the whole date with agenda, and i have grown bored of it.
author mentioned its just about changing codes in statusbar.xml?

The CRT works after reboot... same with the clock edit after reboot as well =)
THANKS!

HELP! trying to theme 4.03..text color mainly.

ive spent the last 3 days learning how to theme android and have had alot of success. Ive successfully themed framework-res, SystemUI,and Trebuchet. All with the exception of the text colors. all apk color xmls seem to refer to framework-res/values/colors.xml. Any time i change the html colors for halo blue which i think is the default and rebuild the pushed apk causes bootloops. i actually got it to boot once and the color were changed but i got fcs from multiple apps constantly and it never would load completely. then after a dalvik wipe it booted said android is upgrading in the changed colors got to like 125/127 then bootlooped and i havent got it to boot again. This is driving me crazy any insight anyone has would be greatly appreciated.

If it bootloops the apks most likely didn't compile correctly after decompiling and making your edits also what sense are u using ? Because I can possibly help with the text color as u see I changed almost all of mine shown here. http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?10501-THEME-ICS-3D-V1-works-with-newest-3D-rom
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not using sense using aosp ics 4.03, touch pros beta 3. I can change the pngs fine it only boot loops if I change txt colors. thanks for the reply having a hard time finding help with this. I've seen some of your work on the Mik Mik , nice job. I think most of my issues are with ics itself they've changed some things up and I don't think my process likes it.

Theming help (AOKP)

I want to theme my own ROM's for this phone such as AOKP. I just themed Nova Launcher to all purple. But, I want to be able to create a theme that I can flash in CWM and not just the whole ROM (either works.)
I themed Nova Launcher with GIMP, just by extracting the drawable folders, editing, exporting/replacing, then adding back to the archive and resaving.
Can anyone help me out on creating a theme so I can fully theme a ROM such as AOKP? Or even create one for the theme manager? I can already tell I would get addicted. If anyone wants to help i'd highly appreciate it, so I can slowly get into Android Development

I myself have been wanting to learn how to theme for the theme engine. Didn't really find any tutorials though. I'm pretty handy with Photoshop but know nothing about development. Would be very interested in learning about the theme engine used in CM9, AOKP, CNA, etc.

Just add ur apk to the app folder in this zip. This is a base zip that anyone can use (I took it from Overstew's theme, and erased all of his apps/framework items.)

Ascertion said:
Just add ur apk to the app folder in this zip. This is a base zip that anyone can use (I took it from Overstew's theme, and erased all of his apps/framework items.)
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So I just edit the png's inside the folders I want edited, then move the whole folder into that folder, re-zip, and flash?

Ok so after playing with everything, I update all of the png's I wanted (which still left a lot of blue.. from AOKP). I then moved them all back into the framework-res.apk and moved that back into the archive. I got it to be flashable along with my .apks, but after I flashed it System UI kept force closing, eventually it stopped. I saw a lot of the stuff I themed was actually themed, but there was still a lot of stuff that wasn't. But what causes the force closes on System UI?

hrffd said:
Ok so after playing with everything, I update all of the png's I wanted (which still left a lot of blue.. from AOKP). I then moved them all back into the framework-res.apk and moved that back into the archive. I got it to be flashable along with my .apks, but after I flashed it System UI kept force closing, eventually it stopped. I saw a lot of the stuff I themed was actually themed, but there was still a lot of stuff that wasn't. But what causes the force closes on System UI?
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If there's any missing pngs on the SystemUI's drawable-hdpi, it'll FC instantly because it cannot find the png require for a certain task. (For example, if you accidentally deleted a signal bar icon, it cannot display what is not there, so it'll FC.)

Ascertion said:
If there's any missing pngs on the SystemUI's drawable-hdpi, it'll FC instantly because it cannot find the png require for a certain task. (For example, if you accidentally deleted a signal bar icon, it cannot display what is not there, so it'll FC.)
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Ok so, I don't have to change anything besides the framework-res.apk? Do I have to sign it or anything?
Also, I themed nova launcher successfully with just changing png's without any signing. But when I tried to theme Facebook, and then tried to install it, it just kept failing to install?
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hrffd said:
Ok so, I don't have to change anything besides the framework-res.apk? Do I have to sign it or anything?
Also, I themed nova launcher successfully with just changing png's without any signing. But when I tried to theme Facebook, and then tried to install it, it just kept failing to install?
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Same with framework-res. Any images missing will make it fc.
You only need to resign market apps. System apps do not need to be resigned.

only thing that sucks about having a white e4gt with ics... is that the menus clash with the product color lol. not that its that big of an issue, but i came across this theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654546 and am guessing it takes a lot of work to apply a white theme similar to this?
i tried flashing the syk sky theme on my phone just to see what would apply, and the majority of it did; however, there were some conflicts as i expected.
is there any way i could use some of what has already been created with this theme to work with the e4gt correctly? if so, any direction/info would be appreciated.

hrffd said:
I want to theme my own ROM's for this phone such as AOKP. I just themed Nova Launcher to all purple. But, I want to be able to create a theme that I can flash in CWM and not just the whole ROM (either works.)
I themed Nova Launcher with GIMP, just by extracting the drawable folders, editing, exporting/replacing, then adding back to the archive and resaving.
Can anyone help me out on creating a theme so I can fully theme a ROM such as AOKP? Or even create one for the theme manager? I can already tell I would get addicted. If anyone wants to help i'd highly appreciate it, so I can slowly get into Android Development
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Try here and see if it helps ............... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814

renzyyy said:
only thing that sucks about having a white e4gt with ics... is that the menus clash with the product color lol. not that its that big of an issue, but i came across this theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654546 and am guessing it takes a lot of work to apply a white theme similar to this?
i tried flashing the syk sky theme on my phone just to see what would apply, and the majority of it did; however, there were some conflicts as i expected.
is there any way i could use some of what has already been created with this theme to work with the e4gt correctly? if so, any direction/info would be appreciated.
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In case you didn't know, with samoled+ screens you want the most dark pixels as possible to save battery because a black pixel is completely off consuming no power. That being said, a white theme will just completely destroy your battery life...
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yeah i know, but i wanted to give it a shot & see what kinda impact it would have first hand. i always have an extra battery on me to swap out haha
ill just deal with what i got and try one with transparency or something. thanks for the response.

This is the absolute best place to learn to theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320891
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