Status bar transparency is the latest Android craze. Many people want it but aren't sure where to get it. This guide is here to help you find ROM's that have the transparent status bar mod enabled out of the box.
(If I've missed any ROM's that include transparency please don't hessitate to let me know in this thread and I'll add it to the first post. I am trying to build a complete list. If I leave a ROM off it's just an oversite or I didn't realize the missing ROM had the feature)
Touch Wiz ROM's
All TouchWiz ROM's should have status bar transparency as the stock ROM includes is all all variants of TW ROMs are based on the stock ROMs. (I never use TW ROMs so I can't verify this. If it's wrong please let me know)
Should you find a TW ROM that doesn't include transparency options, akapaul26 has a mod for so you can try to add it yourself. Click here.
AOSP ROM's
All Android 4.2 based ROMs should theoretically be able to add status bar transparency by using the XPosed Framework and TweakBox mods found here. Make a nandroid backup first then give it a try. I've tried it on multiple devices with mixed results. When I did get it to work the status bar is ALWAYS transparent, not just on the home screen. So this might not be the ideal option for some, and it might be the greatest thing in the world for others. It all depends on your use.
This does not work on Android 4.3 ROMs just yet though as the XPosed framework isn't compatible yet.
The following AOSP based ROMs have status bar transparency preinstalled and ready to go. (I haven't tried every one of these. So If I say one has it and it doesn't let me know. )
- Paranoid Android
- Carbon ROM
- PACman ROM
- Liquid Smooth
- Slim Bean
- BeanStalk
- AOKP
- JellyBro??? (I'm not sure about this one. The developer was talking about it very briefly last month but I don't know if the transparency was every actually added. Can someone let me know?)
- CyanogenMod ROM's do NOT have transparency built in. However there are a bunch of CM kangs floating around. Some of them may have added transparency options but I'm not aware of any.
I have Xposed working on CM10.2. I haven't tried the Tweakbox module, though. I'll give it a shot and report back.
SystemUI kept force closing after applying transparency in Tweakbox on CM10.2.
Xposed modules are kind of hit or miss since 4.3 isn't fully supported yet. The Greenify (donate) module works flawlessly.
For any ROM, it's a very simple XML edit inside systemui.apk. heck you can even make it any color you want!
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elesbb said:
For any ROM, it's a very simple XML edit inside systemui.apk. heck you can even make it any color you want!
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Yeah I know. But this guide was more aimed at people looking for transparent functionality out of the box.
Remember, even on xda with all the modders we have here, editing an apk is above the heads of most people. The vast majority of people here, even root users, are just flashing what is pre compiled. And there is nothing wrong with that! That's how we all started!
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Just remember to enable it depending on the launcher. Nova, for example, needs to have it enabled in the settings before it takes affect regardless of the other settings. That said, 3minit roms make changing the transparency very, very simple.
Caferacer said:
Just remember to enable it depending on the launcher. Nova, for example, needs to have it enabled in the settings before it takes affect regardless of the other settings. That said, 3minit roms make changing the transparency very, very simple.
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This is all true information, but it applies to TouchWiz roms exclusively.
3minit is only on TW to my knowledge (please correct me if Im wrong)
And for AOSP roms that have transparency options built it it will force launchers like Apex and Nova to have transparency and you not only do not have to activate it in the launcher settings but you cannot activate it in the launcher settings. Those launchers only give the transparency options if they are installed on a TouchWiz rom. On aosp roms that option is deleted from the launcher settings.
The launchers search for the transparency options built into TouchWiz, which does it differently than aosp roms. So when the launcher doesn't find the TouchWiz transparency files it removes the transparency option from the settings menu.
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Yeah I know. But this guide was more aimed at people looking for transparent functionality out of the box.
Remember, even on xda with all the modders we have here, editing an apk is above the heads of most people. The vast majority of people here, even root users, are just flashing what is pre compiled. And there is nothing wrong with that! That's how we all started!
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
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Wasnt trying to make fun of or poke at your guide buddy! Was just saying maybe you could include that as well! No harm was meant man!
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Wasnt trying to make fun of or poke at your guide buddy! Was just saying maybe you could include that as well! No harm was meant man!
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No offense taken, my friend! Its all good. And your post was very good and useful information!
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I just wanted to know if there were any ROMs like MIUI in the aspect of customizability, I love the way MIUI changes absolutely everything about everything, such as the settings menu and lockscreen, pretty much ever menu out there, I just want my sgs3 to stand out you know? I want to know if there are any other ROMs similar that change the phone completely, I would use MIUI but it is too similar with IOS, no app drawer and such, thanks in advance! Please no trolling, I have looked around and couldn't seem to find any. Cheers!
-Dragos
Might I suggest giving this one a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684
[ROM] AOKP(Jellybean)Task & Ktoonsez (10/9) (AT&T/Rogers)
Options - lock screen mods
- notification pull down mods including background
- custom led colors ( you choose )
- customs vibration patterns ( you make )
Many many more. Add in a theme using built in theme chooser and away you go.
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Might I suggest giving this one a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684
[ROM] AOKP(Jellybean)Task & Ktoonsez (10/9) (AT&T/Rogers)
Options - lock screen mods
- notification pull down mods including background
- custom led colors ( you choose )
- customs vibration patterns ( you make )
Many many more. Add in a theme using built in theme chooser and away you go.
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Haha I'm currently using this ROM, and I didn't even know those options! I feel kinda dumb right now lol, thanks!
But I was kind of thinking along the lines of completely changing how android looks, apart from JB and ICS I was looking for something that doesn't look too much like "android".
In that case I would suggest you have a look at some of the home screen threads or the theme threads to get a completely different look. You most likely going to need a theme and/or icon packs and spend quite a bit of time customizing how your phone looks. Oh, and the options in the ROM your running are in settings, ROM control. Here for working led colors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890774
AOKP RGB LED working hex colors
jethro650 said:
In that case I would suggest you have a look at some of the home screen threads or the theme threads to get a completely different look. You most likely going to need a theme and/or icon packs and spend quite a bit of time customizing how your phone looks. Oh, and the options in the ROM your running are in settings, ROM control. Here for working led colors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890774
AOKP RGB LED working hex colors
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Might be just a silly question, but where do I find the themes? Are they connected to the AOKP ROM itself?
Dragosmp said:
I just wanted to know if there were any ROMs like MIUI in the aspect of customizability, I love the way MIUI changes absolutely everything about everything, such as the settings menu and lockscreen, pretty much ever menu out there, I just want my sgs3 to stand out you know? I want to know if there are any other ROMs similar that change the phone completely, I would use MIUI but it is too similar with IOS, no app drawer and such, thanks in advance! Please no trolling, I have looked around and couldn't seem to find any. Cheers!
-Dragos
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you can install Apex launcher or any other launcher on top of MIUI to make it look and behave like any other rooms with the options and functionality of MIUI
Dragosmp said:
Might be just a silly question, but where do I find the themes? Are they connected to the AOKP ROM itself?
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play store search for cm10 or aokp themes
Dragosmp said:
I just wanted to know if there were any ROMs like MIUI in the aspect of customizability, I love the way MIUI changes absolutely everything about everything, such as the settings menu and lockscreen, pretty much ever menu out there, I just want my sgs3 to stand out you know? I want to know if there are any other ROMs similar that change the phone completely, I would use MIUI but it is too similar with IOS, no app drawer and such, thanks in advance! Please no trolling, I have looked around and couldn't seem to find any. Cheers!
-Dragos
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you can install Apex launcher or any other launcher on top of MIUI to make it look and behave like any other Android looking roms with the options and functionality of MIUI
1. Does anyone else find the notification font to be too big? If it was smaller, I could see more detail, in say, the Gmail notifications. Is there a way this can be changed? Also, is this different on any of the custom TW roms based on this new T-Mobile base?
2. The quick toggles are missing the data toggle. Same questions here: can this be changed? are there custom TW roms that have this? (I believe yes, since all the custom 4.0.4 roms I had included this useful toggle.)
(Note: I'm only interested in custom roms that include Wi-Fi calling, but please feel free to answer generally to help others who stumble upon this thread.)
rsromano said:
1. Does anyone else find the notification font to be too big? If it was smaller, I could see more detail, in say, the Gmail notifications. Is there a way this can be changed? Also, is this different on any of the custom TW roms based on this new T-Mobile base?
2. The quick toggles are missing the data toggle. Same questions here: can this be changed? are there custom TW roms that have this? (I believe yes, since all the custom 4.0.4 roms I had included this useful toggle.)
(Note: I'm only interested in custom roms that include Wi-Fi calling, but please feel free to answer generally to help others who stumble upon this thread.)
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I'm not sure about the notification font but I think you can just go into the display settings, reduce the font and see how that goes, and for the data toggles I do have one (I'm using the jedi mind trick jb rom by ptmr3) it is also customizable too. :thumbup:
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I was also quite surprised by the large font size in the notifications which made everything quite crowded in there. The Display font size in settings does not affect the notification fonts unfortunately. Luckily, ptmr3's Jedi Mind Trick JB includes a nice fix for this with the Per-app DPI settings.
1. In Settings, Jedi ROM Tricks, Custom Framework Install, make sure the Framework is active by clicking Install / Update
2. At the same place, in the Modules tab, make sure Xposed App Settings is checked
3. In Settings Jedi ROM Tricks, Per-App DPI Settings, search for systemUI.
4. Toggle the switch to ON and set DPI to 200 or 210 (I use 210). Leave everything else as is.
5. Click the Save icon in the top right
6. Reboot phone and profit!
As for your second question, JMT JB does include a Data toggle
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I'm not sure about the notification font but I think you can just go into the display settings, reduce the font and see how that goes, and for the data toggles I do have one (I'm using the jedi mind trick jb rom by ptmr3) it is also customizable too. :thumbup:
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Right now I'm on the stock official JB release. I've changed the font size under the display settings to tiny, and everything seems much better now. Also if you go into setting in the Messaging App you can check a box to allow the volume rockers to change the size of the messages. This also helped me as I didn't like how big the bubbles were by default. Once you are in a convo you can press the down volume to make everything smaller.
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Right now I'm on the stock official JB release. I've changed the font size under the display settings to tiny, and everything seems much better now. Also if you go into setting in the Messaging App you can check a box to allow the volume rockers to change the size of the messages. This also helped me as I didn't like how big the bubbles were by default. Once you are in a convo you can press the down volume to make everything smaller.
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Changing the font size in the settings does not affect the Notifications, but in general I like the small font everywhere. Next weekend, I will probably reroot. I wanted to give stock a chance. The last 6 months I've been bouncing between Infamous 3.1 and Jedi Mind Trick. I will probably give the new Jedi ROM a try.
how to get toggles at the bottom instead of stock position.....
is there any mod for it ???
Hm, also interested.
Where did you get that screenshot btw?
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Hm, also interested.
Where did you get that screenshot btw?
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actually its taken frm my galaxy s3
ROM- pure xhd
bt i also want them in my galaxy s2
i searched a little bit .... biftor rom has this option....
bt i wish if sm 1 could make a mod for it
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You could try to ask on neatrom thread, there are a lot good moders there.
I will from my side have a look in bitfor. It must not be very complicated to achieve.
Flash biftor rom
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Kind of radical IMHO...
BTW, i just googled your request, and there are plenty of guide here on xda to do it. It is just one line to change in the statubar expanded xml in systemui.
If you are a little aventurous and curious you could do it yourself.
I 'm gonna try on monday on my rom.
Edit: on sammy rom, it seems that some smali mod are involved too.
Gonna try the first way, but i won't mess the smali code as it would break my theme.
actually i dont even knw abt codes....xml...editing... and all this stuff ....
m a science student doing post graduation in physics
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I will try tomorrow. The way i will do it, if i am successfull, will be portable for you without coding.
In the meantime, look for xtheme engine thread. It is how i will try to do it.
Namoi said:
I will try tomorrow. The way i will do it, if i am successfull, will be portable for you without coding.
In the meantime, look for xtheme engine thread. It is how i will try to do it.
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thnxxx in advance
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Someone answered you on Neat thread (sometimes it can take time)
Here is the link to download the mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38318908&postcount=33885
It is for MS1 but should work on any post LSD rom too.
I highly encourage you to make a nandroid backup first though.
Cheers
Namoi said:
Someone answered you on Neat thread (sometimes it can take time)
Here is the link to download the mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38318908&postcount=33885
It is for MS1 but should work on any post LSD rom too.
I highly encourage you to make a nandroid backup first though.
Cheers
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i tried it....bt one thing happened
status bar gone
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sukhi.priceless said:
i tried it....bt one thing happened
status bar gone
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of course...
Which Rom u use?
it use the system files of NeatRom only, so no compatibile for others, unless you ask Churapa on Neatrom thread a quich how to(seems very easy, so try it yourself)
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of course...
Which Rom u use?
it use the system files of NeatRom only, so no compatibile for others, unless you ask Churapa on Neatrom thread a quich how to(seems very easy, so try it yourself)
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omega rom
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II checked the mod. There are a lot of differences in the systemui from that mod and the systemui from last neatrom. It could work on last neat but could also break other things, so i don't think it is a good idea to flash it other last neat.
And fot sure it won't work on Omega.
I am still trying to create a xposed theme for this.
For now i can compile it without errors but get FCs.
Two explanations : it isn't compatible with the theme i use (jb reloaded) as it involves lidroid, or the xtheme engine is "too much" limited for that kind of mods.
Tomorrow i will know.
EDIT: well i removed my theme and it works! The brightness bar is still on the upper part (but i think it is better, even removing it would be even better ) and i have to check the height of the quick panel...
Send me your systemui.apk, i will have a look to see if i can build one for you or switch to neatrom...
And if you could send me your systemui from your GS3 i could check how they did to have the glow effect when the panel reach the left or right of the screen as i don't have it right now.
Namoi said:
II checked the mod. There are a lot of differences in the systemui from that mod and the systemui from last neatrom. It could work on last neat but could also break other things, so i don't think it is a good idea to flash it other last neat.
And fot sure it won't work on Omega.
I am still trying to create a xposed theme for this.
For now i can compile it without errors but get FCs.
Two explanations : it isn't compatible with the theme i use (jb reloaded) as it involves lidroid, or the xtheme engine is "too much" limited for that kind of mods.
Tomorrow i will know.
EDIT: well i removed my theme and it works! The brightness bar is still on the upper part (but i think it is better, even removing it would be even better ) and i have to check the height of the quick panel...
Send me your systemui.apk, i will have a look to see if i can build one for you or switch to neatrom...
And if you could send me your systemui from your GS3 i could check how they did to have the glow effect when the panel reach the left or right of the screen as i don't have it right now.
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Ok, let's see:
My mod is a complete mod that adds sense style manager to the ROM, also has transparency included in settings, removed brightness bar from dropdown menu (don't know why you say it's still there?) and send the toggles to the bottom of the dropdown bar. Also, I have removed notifications and ongoing title to get more room in the dropdown, got rid of letters and separator on toggles.
It won't work with other mods specially if that other mod has lidroid (23 toggles included) it can be applied to latest NeatROM 4.7 and it won't break anything, you can ask me about what I've done that I don't have problems helping people.
here is the attachments
hope u can do smthing
both have stock toggles
my s2 system ui also have stock toggles not that 23 toggles preloaded with omega rom
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Ok, let's see:
My mod is a complete mod that adds sense style manager to the ROM, also has transparency included in settings, removed brightness bar from dropdown menu (don't know why you say it's still there?) and send the toggles to the bottom of the dropdown bar. Also, I have removed notifications and ongoing title to get more room in the dropdown, got rid of letters and separator on toggles.
It won't work with other mods specially if that other mod has lidroid (23 toggles included) it can be applied to latest NeatROM 4.7 and it won't break anything, you can ask me about what I've done that I don't have problems helping people.
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Hi Churapa,
Thanks for your answer, but there's a little misunderstanding here : I am not the OP, i just try to help by creating a xposed xtheme theme. I just pointed him on your mod as he gets an answer in NeatRom thread.
So my comments in the previous post was for my mod which only try to move the quick panel at the borrom - i don't touch the brightness bar code.
But concerning your mod, it looks like a complete replacement of sytemUI isn't it ? It doesn't seems to be a Vrtheme.
When i tried to decompile it, Apktool throw me a lot of errors but i could at least have a look at your moded tw_status_bar_expanded.xml. I just compared it with the original tw_status_bar_expanded from Neat 4.6.1 and (except the mod itself), the two xml diverge in some parts : it is why i said it could work, but could also break something (i didn't try it though).
Just a question : do you think it could be easy to make it works when using lidroid ?
Thanks again
sukhi.priceless said:
here is the attachments
hope u can do smthing
both have stock toggles
my s2 system ui also have stock toggles not that 23 toggles preloaded with omega rom
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I had a look at your systemUI. OMEGA is AOKP, but the touchwiz xml controlling the Quick Panel are implemented. I don't know if on your ROM they control the actual quicksetting, but we could try. If it doesn't work, well it will just FCs at worst.
So if you want to try my mod (not perfect yet, but at least we could see if it works for you), you will have to install Xposed Installer and the module which handle the theming : Xtheme Engine.
It's easy and safe, so no worries + you won't have to flash my mod : it will comes on top of your systemui.apk : so if it doesn't work, you just have to unload it and you will retrieve your original systemui.
Download and install Xposed Installer (it's an APK so don't flash this, just install):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1957219&d=1368387321
And copy the flashable Disabler zip at the root of your internal sdcard : It will allow you to disable The Framework trough recovery if something goes wrong :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1619566&d=1361912360
Now download the Xtheme module and install it (it's an APK so don't flash this, just install) :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ciz2clswmxa6i7/XThemeEngine_beta5.apk
Finally download and Install my theme in attachement (it's an APK so don't flash this, just install)
INSTRUCTIONS :
Install Xposed Framework (from the Xposed Installer app - just launch it and click on the relevant button)
Activate the Xtheme module in Xposed Installer app (in the module tab)
Choose sampletheme in the list, click apply then softreboot
Report if it works ! (in case of problems you can flash the disabler trough recovery)
Cheers
EDIT: my mod will also turn your clock blue and change your battery icons, but if it works i can remove those parts.
EDIT2 : I have replaced the attachement by a new one : this one works perfectly, it has the glow effect and the brightness bar on top of it.
it worksssss........nd so smooth such as in my galaxy s3
thnxxxxxxxxxxx mate
bt clock is blue nd green circle battery is also gone
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sukhi.priceless said:
it worksssss........nd so smooth such as in my galaxy s3
thnxxxxxxxxxxx mate
bt clock is blue nd green circle battery is also gone
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You didn't read completely my post ... look at my first EDIT
I will remove the battery now that i know it works for you. What color do you want for the clock ?
Can anyone please explain what are Morphology Mod and Xposed Framework in a noobish way, the original threads describe them in a too technical way...
1.what they are ?
2.what they do ?
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zeushvk said:
Can anyone please explain what are Morphology Mod and Xposed Framework in a noobish way, the original threads describe them in a too technical way...
1.what they are ?
2.what they do ?
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Xpose is an app which gives you a lot of different choices you can make to decorate and customize your
phone like changing colors and styles of the battery, signal, wifi and clock icons in your status bar.
You can make pulldown notification bar different colors and even different degrees of transparent.
The colors of the toggle icons can also be changed to whatever you like and remove/hide icons.
You can also remove the entire status bar too.
There are ton's of other features and options similar to the ones I have described above, the list is long.
It's easy to use and you don't even need to go into cwm/twrp recovery to flash anything.
Morphology is the same idea as Xpose but it needs to be flashed like a rom.
It has all the customization features like Xpose does but it also includes full
themes to choose from as well as the option for the users to create their own
custom themes.
Good luck!
Should be worth noting that Xposed offers more possibilities outside of changing icons and themes. There are dozens of different "modules" which are essentially extensions to the Xposed framework that are a Google search away. And these let you do things like fooling the Play store about your location if you want a certain app that's not in your region, disabling the low battery pop up just to name a few.
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Hey guys, so while i was browsing some themes, i noticed 2 themes that had stock navigation bar. I didnt like the themes and they were too heavily modified so i decided to make my own theme. The problem is that when i reached the navigation bar section, there was no stock navigation bar and no option to add my own. Any ideas on how they did it?
https://themes.htc.com/#/user/theme/com.htc.theme.t611abbf5-09fc-4839-8d0c-1dac0d308448
here is one such example
By stock do you mean AOSP or Sense? If AOSP try this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/themes-apps/rounded-aosp-style-statusbar-icons-t3086556
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By stock do you mean AOSP or Sense? If AOSP try this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/themes-apps/rounded-aosp-style-statusbar-icons-t3086556
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yep aosp is what i was refering to, but i dont have root, and i can apply that theme without root, any other solutions?
Are you using the 'Maker Pro' section of the site? This where you have morr options.
I was wondering this too because the nav bars that are on Maker Pro are very unattractive. I have no idea how they got the AOSP nav bar in Maker Pro because its not their at all.
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Are you using the 'Maker Pro' section of the site? This where you have morr options.
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yep i used the maker pro, but i can only choose the htc ones
Has anyone figured out how to do this? I would love to know.
I've been trying to do this for quite a time now. All I got is that the themes you download are in the path
Android/data/com.htc.launcher/files/LocalThemes
the navbar icon is under the form of "NavigationKey.apk"
Hopefully someone will figure out a way to modify this. Dying to get the AOSP Navbar yet rooting my device is not an option due to warranty reasons.