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[Request]Black background instead of gradient

Can someone provide me with a flash able zip or something so the gradient throughout the system changes to solid black
I have tried the universal gradient fix the black version and it did not work
I'm running paranoid android 1.99
Please thanks in advance!

I have a free blue theme that does that. If it has theme chooser you could use that.
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Paranoid darkness by nordpolcamper does that, but also changes the Nav bar buttons, which are a little too big for me, but Its definitely worth checking out.
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ÜBER™ said:
I have a free blue theme that does that. If it has theme chooser you could use that.
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Can you make a flashable zip out of it?
The thing is that I have the theme ICS fixer already installed
It changes all the old gingerbread pngs to other more ICS/jb like

Shadow_Android said:
Can you make a flashable zip out of it?
The thing is that I have the theme ICS fixer already installed
It changes all the old gingerbread pngs to other more ICS/jb like
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... Just try it. And more than likely it won't matter if you use that theme and I make a flashable as the theme chooser takes image priority and if he has the gradient background in the theme it will be useless.
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ÜBER™ said:
... Just try it. And more than likely it won't matter if you use that theme and I make a flashable as the theme chooser takes image priority and if he has the gradient background in the theme it will be useless.
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I dont think he does but anyway what's the theme called?

Shadow_Android said:
I dont think he does but anyway what's the theme called?
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The thread is a couple threads down. UBER Jelly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741949
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Shadow_Android said:
Can you make a flashable zip out of it?
The thing is that I have the theme ICS fixer already installed
It changes all the old gingerbread pngs to other more ICS/jb like
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There should be a frameworks_res_background_holo_dark.png file inside the theme file. Replace it with a black png. This way you get to keep your existing theme while changing the background.
If it isn't there, you'll need to replace the file background_holo_dark.png inside your framework-res.apk file under the drawable folder

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There should be a frameworks_res_background_holo_dark.png file inside the theme file. Replace it with a black png. This way you get to keep your existing theme while changing the background.
If it isn't there, you'll need to replace the file background_holo_dark.png inside your framework-res.apk file under the drawable folder
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Is it possible to change it without a computer?

I just checked in the ics fixer theme & background_holo_dark.png is not present, so I could make a ZipThemer theme with just this black image if you like.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.

stumpy352 said:
I just checked in the ics fixer theme & background_holo_dark.png is not present, so I could make a ZipThemer theme with just this black image if you like.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.
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Please!!!!

Shadow_Android said:
Please!!!!
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Here ya go. Do you know how to use ZipThemer? Make sure you use your rom to update edify. If you can't work it out use the tutorial here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...Ghost ZipThemer][STOCK ROMS. ALL GNEX MODELS]
Blackout-ZipThemer.zip
http://db.tt/bhbtm1db
.....memoirs of a flash addict.

There's a theme called ThyrusHolo Black that does exactly what you're aiming at.
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Thanks man it worked perfectly
Do you have a guide on creating zip themer themes?

Shadow_Android said:
Thanks man it worked perfectly
Do you have a guide on creating zip themer themes?
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Glad it worked for you. I haven't written a guide, but its really not hard. I make them on my phone using root explorer. Extract the zip and have a look. You'll see that there is a folder for the apk(s) you want to theme without the .apk file extention. Subfolders inside that are structured exactly the same as inside the apk. Then you have the xml file that tells ZipThemer where to put what. Using the same format, create a line for each apk you're theming, followed by a line describing the path. Edit the author, theme name and description. Once you're done, zip the whole thing up & it's ready to go.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.

stumpy352 said:
Glad it worked for you. I haven't written a guide, but its really not hard. I make them on my phone using root explorer. Extract the zip and have a look. You'll see that there is a folder for the apk(s) you want to theme without the .apk file extention. Subfolders inside that are structured exactly the same as inside the apk. Then you have the xml file that tells ZipThemer where to put what. Using the same format, create a line for each apk you're theming, followed by a line describing the path. Edit the author, theme name and description. Once you're done, zip the whole thing up & it's ready to go.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.
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That sounds easy!
I thought the XML file was auto generated by some program

Shadow_Android said:
That sounds easy!
I thought the XML file was auto generated by some program
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Nah, you have to edit it yourself. Go to my ghost thread and download the theme. Unzip it and study the file structure and xml structure in ghost.xml. Should give you a feel for it. Images will theme on any rom using this method, but you've got to be careful with adding xml files to the app folders. Some xml, especially layout stuff will break some roms. That's why I've only made ghost for stock roms.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.

[HOW TO] Set a statusbar backround image for JB SystemUI.apk

Hello Everyone,
as the Title says. We like to mod the statusbar of our Gnex with an backround image.
I tried and searched long to find out how to and finally I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1814441
and I can say this works, but you have to follow some steps of mine, so this really really works.
At first I will give credits to powerpoint45, he is the man, who has done all this getting to work. Please hit his thanks-button!!!!
Ok, now we start:
1. Step is, to download the files of powerpoint45 thread
2. Step is to follow his guide, but this is new: use the framework-res of your rom you like to use
So first install the framework-res.apk of your ROM and then install the SystemUI.apk of your ROM
When the SystemUI is successfully decompiled, there you can see a folder "SystemUI"
Go into this folder and then go into the res folder and then into the "drawable-xhdpi" folder
Here you will find a file called "status_bar_bg_tile", this file you can change out with a png you want, but the file must have the SAME name. The size of the png should be 720x30 (CREDITS HERE TO BANKS)
When you replaced this file with the one of your choice , you have to go to the folder /res/values
Here you pick out the drawable.xml
Open with notepad++
edit line 5 into this: @drawable/status_bar_bg_tile
Save the file
Now, make the way Powerpoint45 recompiles, but before you have to copy the META_INF and manifest.xml from the ORIGINAL SystemUI.apk into the decompiled SystemUI folder.
It is possible that you will not see an builded apk like the terminal says, so try this command:
java -jar apktool.jar b SystemUI
After that, there should be a new folder called "dist", here you will find the new SystemUI.apk
Install the new SystemUI the way you like. I use push via adb - then fix permissions (IMPORTANT)
Last Thanks to Powerpoint45 and Banks
I hope this helps you to customize your Gnex a little more!!!
If I missed something, correct me! This is my first little how to! AND SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH!

Pete2506 said:
Hello,
I used the search function, but did not find an answer for my question. I want to theme my statusbar. And want to change the image of the backround image. But in jellybean the png has another name than in earlier android versions.
So I want to know what is the name of the backround image and what is the correct size for the png I want to use.
I hope themers can help.
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Image is called status_bar_bg_tile.png Found in SystemUI.apk res/drawable-xhdpi
Change it to w/e
Go into SystemUI.apk res/values/drawables.xml
Open it.
Change the line out that calls out the statusbar color with this
<drawable name="status_bar_background">@drawable/status_bar_bg_tile</drawable>
Save, Recompile,Flash, Profit, lol
Edit: I always made them 720x30 for the size

BaNkS said:
Image is called status_bar_bg_tile.png Found in SystemUI.apk res/drawable-xhdpi
Change it to w/e
Go into SystemUI.apk res/values/drawables.xml
Open it.
Change the line out that calls out the statusbar color with this
<drawable name="status_bar_background">@drawable/status_bar_bg_tile</drawable>
Save, Recompile,Flash, Profit, lol
Edit: I always made them 720x30 for the size
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Is it possible to resize the image I want, rename the file and make a zipthemer file?
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Pete2506 said:
Is it possible to resize the image I want, rename the file and make a zipthemer file?
Sent from my HTC Renovatio VXR
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Yeah, you should be alright to resize the image. I don't think you can just make a zipthemer mod since the stock SystemUI calls out an image HEX color instead of an actual image. You would still have to decompile your SystemUI and make that XML edit. After you made that edit, you can rename the statusbar png to w/e you want and make the necessary changes to the XML to call out that image.
Example: <drawable name="status_bar_background">@drawable/whatever your image name is.png</drawable>

drawable.xml is not available in the rom I use. I found an status_bar_bg.xml, but I am not able to open it with notepad++. Decompiling only show *.smali so no xml files

I managed to change the image that I want but still black is shown in statusbar, so wich xml file to edit so that the image is shown?
I attached the sysui.apk The rom I use is jbsourcery2.1
Maybe someone could help better.
Watch out the status_bar_bg_tile.png it is now an image with size 720x30

You should be able to just put an image in the xhdpi folder called status_bar_background.png. I don't recall needing to change any XML to add an image
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nbeebe24 said:
You should be able to just put an image in the xhdpi folder called status_bar_background.png. I don't recall needing to change any XML to add an image
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I have done it, you can see it in the attached file, the image does not change. Status bar is still black
AHHH..., you mean such adding this file
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I decompiled your SystemUI apk and see what you did wrong. You need to have an image name status_bar_background.png as I said before. Not the tile one. Try this and see if it works http://www.mediafire.com/?cka1374omcxny1h

Send me your framework-res.apk I'll take a crack at it

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Could you show us where we can get the title bar image you used.

looky

powerpoint45 said:
Could you show us where we can get the title bar image you used.
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Here you go!!!
ALL CREDITS FOR THE ORIGINAL PNG TO SCAR FROM MY OLD DESIRE ROM

Does so much people only like the black boring Statusbar?
Doing this, makes it even possible to set a complete transparent Statusbar.
Hm..., somebody interested in Silver Stausbar Icons? Like this:

Pete2506 said:
Does so much people only like the black boring Statusbar?
Doing this, makes it even possible to set a complete transparent Statusbar.
Hm..., somebody interested in Silver Stausbar Icons? Like this:
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That looks awesome
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Thanks for the tutorial. Works like a charm. Question though, has anybody else tried to make a transparent status bar? Mine always reverts back to black and I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem.
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Dawei87 said:
Thanks for the tutorial. Works like a charm. Question though, has anybody else tried to make a transparent status bar? Mine always reverts back to black and I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem.
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Are you using a tablet because I don't think u can make it transparent in tablet mode.
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powerpoint45 said:
Are you using a tablet because I don't think u can make it transparent in tablet mode.
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Right now I'm not using tablet mode or anything. I am using a galaxy nexus and when I make it transparent it will look as intended, but then when I open an app or menu and return to the home screen it stays black and the transparency isn't there anymore. Tried using custom images and also just tweaking the colors in the files but both have the same results. I'm stumped at this point.
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Changing battery icon

hi does anyone one know how to install custom battery icons through Rom Toolbox Pro app as it doesn't seem to work for me when I press install. I am rooted and currently using the Omega rom.

In Simplistic Framework (paid version) its very easy

McLaren__F1 said:
In Simplistic Framework (paid version) its very easy
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thank you for the reply, I have tried the android Simplistic control app and still the same when I try to change its still the same blue circle battery icon that came with the Omega rom, I did notice something strange, when it comes to a certain percentage it would show the custom icon I installed then disappear after that. Any idea what the problem is??

hon84 said:
thank you for the reply, I have tried the android Simplistic control app and still the same when I try to change its still the same blue circle battery icon that came with the Omega rom, I did notice something strange, when it comes to a certain percentage it would show the custom icon I installed then disappear after that. Any idea what the problem is??
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You could always edit the battery icons yourself. Just paste the wanted battery icons into SystemUI.apk where the battery icons are supposed to be and push it into /system/app with the correct permissions and voila you're done.
Doing this quite often when there are themes I want to apply but they don't come in CWM flashable zip for the rom I'm using

xcly said:
You could always edit the battery icons yourself. Just paste the wanted battery icons into SystemUI.apk where the battery icons are supposed to be and push it into /system/app with the correct permissions and voila you're done.
Doing this quite often when there are themes I want to apply but they don't come in CWM flashable zip for the rom I'm using
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hmmm sounds complicated, can you tell me how to do it?

hon84 said:
hmmm sounds complicated, can you tell me how to do it?
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Its not only about installing the SF app, you'll have to flash its content as well that is when you make changes on the control app it will reflect.
SF LINK :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029712

hon84 said:
hmmm sounds complicated, can you tell me how to do it?
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Just copy the systemui API from your system/app folder to your sdcard and open it using 7zip or similar program on your PC. Locate the icon files within the app, most likely under res/drawable/hdpi or xhdpi and copy the icon you want straight into the apk and overwrite. No need to extract the apk. Note this only works when replacing images. If you want 1% battery, you'll have to edit some xmls as well (dunno which one though).
And just copy the apk back to where you found it and give it the correct permission (644) and reboot.
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[Questions]Blue Icons - Phone - Message - People

who can help me ?
Rom TrickDroid 7.5.0
Where do I change what so that the green icons are blue ?
had no success with vrtheme
have the blue icons in apk stored and had no success they remain green

Use desktop visualizer.

SmiLey497 said:
Use desktop visualizer.
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Thank you :good: I did it
is there a possibility without a program to instalation?

pondikos said:
Thank you :good: I did it
is there a possibility without a program to instalation?
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I got a flashable zip with that works, i edited a theme zip from the sprint forum and it works, i flash it every time i upgrade rom, i also got one that just changes the white status icons to blue, let me know if you want the zips

Can you post that zip. Can i use it with viperRom. To the op where did you get those status bar icons from. I want those for viperRom.
One method1911

METHOD1911 said:
Can you post that zip. Can i use it with viperRom. To the op where did you get those status bar icons from. I want those for viperRom.
One method1911
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if you're on viperrom then the original theme/zip should work as it's a sprint theme, called Touch of Blue, absolutley stunning theme!!!
I'm pretty sure the statusbar icons from the OP are from the RIT theme in the international themes forum

Can I have that zip to am on trickdroid 5.6.0 thx mate^^
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djslyda87 said:
I got a flashable zip with that works, i edited a theme zip from the sprint forum and it works, i flash it every time i upgrade rom, i also got one that just changes the white status icons to blue, let me know if you want the zips
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please share :good:

Please backup before trying this, i'm running trickdroid 7.5.0 (with tweaks and themes) and it's working fine. Not sure whether it'll break any other mods/tweaks you have flashed... flash this LAST and it should just change the icons and touch nothing else. Good luck

pondikos said:
who can help me ?
Rom TrickDroid 7.5.0
Where do I change what so that the green icons are blue ?
had no success with vrtheme
have the blue icons in apk stored and had no success they remain green
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Phone.apk , contact.apk , message.apk , and don't forget to change all of those also in com.htc.resources.apk

djslyda87 said:
Please backup before trying this, i'm running trickdroid 7.5.0 (with tweaks and themes) and it's working fine. Not sure whether it'll break any other mods/tweaks you have flashed... flash this LAST and it should just change the icons and touch nothing else. Good luck
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thank you, but I found the error
Dougi said:
Phone.apk , contact.apk , message.apk , and don't forget to change all of those also in com.htc.resources.apk
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thank you , my mistake was com.htc.resources.apk

Edit or create HUAWEI themes with PC

Hi .How can we Edit downloaded HUAWEI Emotion UI themes or create HUAWEI Emotion UI themes with Computer that running windows ? whats is the PC software for this purpose ?
thanks

shahi.persian said:
Hi .How can we Edit downloaded HUAWEI Emotion UI themes or create HUAWEI Emotion UI themes with Computer that running windows ? whats is the PC software for this purpose ?
thanks
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7zip, any image editor that you're comfortable with and a text editor with syntax highlighting.

shahi.persian said:
Hi .How can we Edit downloaded HUAWEI Emotion UI themes or create HUAWEI Emotion UI themes with Computer that running windows ? whats is the PC software for this purpose ?
thanks
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The .hwt is just a .zip renamed .. download a theme .hwt rename it in .zip and unzip it then modify what you want
On old version of Huawei HiSuite we can create theme but only compatible with Emui 1.6 today we don't have any software this functionality was deleted .

OK, but when I unzip the theme, I don't find the battery icon in the nav bar, which is the thing I want to modify. I want to change it to another one, how is that possible?

kokozzz said:
OK, but when I unzip the theme, I don't find the battery icon in the nav bar, which is the thing I want to modify. I want to change it to another one, how is that possible?
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Rename all the files that contains the theme like .rar and after extract them and look that contain every one

kokozzz said:
OK, but when I unzip the theme, I don't find the battery icon in the nav bar, which is the thing I want to modify. I want to change it too another one, how is that possible?
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You need the icons from SystemUI.apk soo decombile it and than you can costumize the icons of battery etc.

astrit1 said:
You need the icons from SystemUI.apk soo decombile it and than you can costumize the icons of battery etc.
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Thanks for the advice. :good:
I also decompiled the xblast.apk but many questions came to mind, it's not as easy as I thought to just change one little icon. :laugh:
I find only 2 smali files for stock battery (B513). In Xblast apk there are also 2 smali files for circle battery, but I found many more battery smali files and I have no idea what exactly I have to change.
I have attached screenshots for the smali files I found in systemui.apk and xblast.apk and also the systemui.apk itself and xblast.apk
Any help will be appreciated.

kokozzz said:
Thanks for the advice. :good:
I also decompiled the xblast.apk but many questions came to mind, it's not as easy as I thought to just change one little icon. :laugh:
I find only 2 smali files for stock battery (B513). In Xblast apk there are also 2 smali files for circle battery, but I found many more battery smali files and I have no idea what exactly I have to change.
I have attached screenshots for the smali files I found in systemui.apk and xblast.apk and also the systemui.apk itself and xblast.apk
Any help will be appreciated.
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You don't need any smali files only the .PNG files of circle battery and replace them with the battery PNG in systemui.apk, res , drawable-xhdpi

Thanks, I'll try.

can i inserts things from one theme to another
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Can somebody help me ? I change the theme.hwt to zip .. and i edit what i want .. but i cant turn back the theme to .hwt format again ...

Tix0mir said:
Can somebody help me ? I change the theme.hwt to zip .. and i edit what i want .. but i cant turn back the theme to .hwt format again ...
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After u made the changes zip it and then change to hwt
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I did that but nothing happen.. the file still is zip format .. i dont know why ... any idea ? ) and thx for your answer

No idea
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Can you tell exactly what have you done? Because the method described by macklon should work.
You have a .hwt file (for example theme.hwt). Then you change the name of that file from theme.hwt to theme.zip, unzip that file and edit what you want. After that, add all files and folders (just everything extracted from the original theme.zip) to a zip archive (for example theme1.zip. The structure inside theme1.zip should be the same as in theme.zip). Finally, rename theme1.zip to theme1.hwt and that's it.

krizko1979 said:
Can you tell exactly what have you done? Because the method described by macklon should work.
You have a .hwt file (for example theme.hwt). Then you change the name of that file from theme.hwt to theme.zip, unzip that file and edit what you want. After that, add all files and folders (just everything extracted from the original theme.zip) to a zip archive (for example theme1.zip. The structure inside theme1.zip should be the same as in theme.zip). Finally, rename theme1.zip to theme1.hwt and that's it.
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I do this method but when restart my device, theme is unknown and return to default theme!

Thnx Krizko now I can edit what I want In my theme .I edited the theme on my huawei ascend p6 mobile only no need of pc but the only problem was after making the changes and remaining from .zip to .hwt I cant find my theme in themes app I moved the theme in sd hwthemes what happen I dont plz help
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use this:
softpedia.com/get/Mobile-Phone-Tools/Others/HiSuite.shtml

shahi.persian said:
Hi .How can we Edit downloaded HUAWEI Emotion UI themes or create HUAWEI Emotion UI themes with Computer that running windows ? whats is the PC software for this purpose ?
thanks
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I have created this application:
[First & New] Huawei Theme Creator App Emotion UI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mat...emotion-ui-t3135067/post61343610#post61343610

Ok, I exported all relevant graphical content from EMUI. To extract this all files, you'll need to have 7zip. Files are in 3 .zip archieves because of restriction of xda uploads to 20MB.
Download part1: View attachment emui_material_part1.zip
Download part2: View attachment emui_material_part2.zip
Download icons: View attachment icons.zip