hi ,i've been using sultan's version of cyanogenmod for 2 month now. the main reason i liked cyanogen over OOS is the theming app and i wanted to get an all black theme with accent color that would be also applied to my apps. however all the dark themes i've been using are having issued with certain apps (the most common problem i've been facing is the google messanger app in witch i'm writing in white on a white background)
yesterday on the launch of the OP3T i saw that OOS had a black with accent color "theme" and that got me interested in going back to OOS (i know that my app would be white but i prefer this to not seeing what i'm typing)
my question now is : is sultan's rom really better in performance/battery life/...? and what would you advise me to do (i like to personalize my phone but i don't twick the internal component/over or underclock anything)
Hi, I know what you mean.
I'm not sure about Sultan's CM13 version of the theme engine (the theme engine in that rom was more "basic" when I tried), but a rom like Resurection Remix has a CM theme engine that will allow you to theme "per app".
So that means that you can apply the theme system wide, then activate this floating button, go to an app and then select what theme to apply to that specific app. For examle, apply the "default" to that app only to keep it on basic colours.
I do that for Gmail for example, which I don't like with dark themes.
Give that a go, that might work.
thank you for your answer, but isn't the camera bad on Resurection Remix? i chose sultan's CM because his camera wasn't as bad as the rest of the OS (that was 2 month ago so maybe that this has changed in that time period)
Hmmm... Not too sure. I'm using a third party camera anyway (when I use it, which is not too often).
I guess best is to try out for yourself
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I recently installed a genealogy app (families)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.telgen.families
which uses sqlite and which is quite good. But I'm not crazy about the silver-gray color it uses for its background. So I wrote to the author who told me the app uses the "default android colors" but was otherwise unhelpful.
So, I thought to ask here. Is there a tool or app that could modify the default android colors an app or screen uses?
Thanks.
On a per app level, i'm not sure it's currently possible short of modifying the app itself.
Judging from the screenshots, the app needs to be updated for holo (the UI theme in android 3.0+) anyway.
On a rom level essentially you want your rom to be themeable.
Roms such as cyanogen mod have a built in theming engine.
If you're rooted and not on a rom that has a theme engine (such as stock), you can use HKThemeManager
Though most themes focus on the holo assets, theming the pre holo assets isnt really a focus for anyone since they're becoming rather rare.
Thank you very much.
I am rooted and on stock using Nova launcher. Are you saying stock has a theme tool?
Hi,
Just a thread to agregate all the infos about compatibilities
I'll keep this first post updated if you give me informations.
Additionnal information :
OMS Support for LOS
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/substratum/reference-lineageos-substratum-support-t3580276
Free themes :
ModernUI : not bad, but black on black on the ambient display (when screen is all B&W). Except that, I love the look.
Inversion UI : not bad, but black on black on the ambient display (when screen is all B&W). Same in the Phone and contact app.
Greyce : No problem with it, but doesn't theme a lot of things. Just have some Grey on white menus on olds app I have. I'll stick on this one for a minimal black UI theming.
Update 8th feb : Contact and Phone is themed (keeping some white areas, but OK for me)
S.i.X themes : I tried even if not supported except Pure Nexus and S.i.X roms. Bootloop...
Paid themes :
I plan to test some of them and report here, starting with the ones compatible with 7.1.1.
Swift black : Reported as really good by @Exodusche . A lot of apps themed
Domination : Reported as really good by @Exodusche . Fewer apps themed, but accent colors
LoNe 4SuBs : seems to require OMS support. Waiting for the dev answer to see if it worth to be tested
Thanks for sharing your views on it if you already tried some of them.
Using Swift on Lineage based RR and it works pretty good. Notifications still have a White Background.
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Using Swift on Lineage based RR and it works pretty good. Notifications still have a White Background.
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There is no choice I think. Or the ambient display can't show the texts or titles (black on black), or the notification stays white...
Do you have problems on contacts, phone, inbox or Gmail app? All blacked themed with swift?
Swift Black is incredible always being updated and has options for every ROM type also Domination both have never let me down usually ROM issue if so both apply pure black Domination has accent choices where swift does not but themes more like calendar and G maps etc
Lineage has OMS support?
rez4dh said:
Lineage has OMS support?
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Not really. Some are trying to extend that :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lineage/general/progress-support-oms-t3546841
But some themes devs make them compatible with it.
Ex from the swift black description :
Boost your stock rooted ROM with this pitch black theme for the Substratum theme engine. It fully supports Android 6, 7.0 and 7.1 / Google Pixel / OxygenOS 4 / LineageOS / OMS + it works without TBO Theme ready gapps! Please read the description below before using the theme.
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And that's why sometimes, the contact app is an issue....
Kéno40 said:
There is no choice I think. Or the ambient display can't show the texts or titles (black on black), or the notification stays white...
Do you have problems on contacts, phone, inbox or Gmail app? All blacked themed with swift?
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So far only my YouTube crashes from time to time.
Exodusche said:
Swift Black is incredible always being updated and has options for every ROM type also Domination both have never let me down usually ROM issue if so both apply pure black Domination has accent choices where swift does not but themes more like calendar and G maps etc
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Did you apply all overlays? Does it not bootloop when applying the framework overlay?
Calvin2394 said:
Did you apply all overlays? Does it not bootloop when applying the framework overlay?
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Just bought it.
I choosed "V 7.1". Applied all and no bootloops.
I reopen most of themed apps and everything is OK.
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Just bought it.
I choosed "V 7.1". Applied all and no bootloops.
I reopen most of themed apps and everything is OK.
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I read that it doesn't theme framework to avoid bootloops.
What isn't themed? Notifications? Settings? Google?
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I read that it doesn't theme framework to avoid bootloops.
What isn't themed? Notifications? Settings? Google?
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Notification are slightly grey on the lockscreen, becomes white when expanded
Settings are black with Blue neon accent.
Google is themed
For example, Inbox : open the app, the message list is all black. When you open one, all the top is black but the message is on a white zone.
On contacts and phone, it's all black....
Calvin2394 said:
I read that it doesn't theme framework to avoid bootloops.
What isn't themed? Notifications? Settings? Google?
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Only issues I've had with framework and swift black was Oxygen 3.1.4 but customs ROMs OMS, legacy (Non OMS) and OOS 3.1.3 no problems at all Domination and Compound pretty much the same
With Google plus yesterday's update, it crashes.
Had to reapply all and OK
oxygen os
my setup is oxygen os substratum theme, with oneplus 3 accents
I installed substratum and applied greyece and everything worked fine but after applying pixel theme theme stayed to greyece so I uninstalled overlay from overlay manager of substratum after that phone rebooted and stuck in boot screen...on using march03 (first build) of lineage is in zuk z1....anyway to use substratum???
Long pressing power button soft reboots. Also disabling the USB debugging allows it to boot, else just reboots & sticks on boot screen. Any recommendation?
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Long pressing power button soft reboots.
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Same here.
I boot to recovery/bootloader etc via the TWRP app.
Hi, i have ocd with white system ui and would like to change it to dark mode. As our device is currently on 8.0 that means there is no system support builtin for theming.
I know zenui offers its own theming but lets be serious here , changing wallpaper and icons is not called theming.
Here in this thread i would like to know if anybody has tried andromeda support for rootless substratum theming on zenfone 5z. If yes, then how it works. Also would like to know if it would be bad option to go this way. Any other theming method suggestions are also welcome.
In past root had been my daily friend so i had no struggle with theming. Hope, that will be true here. Just waiting for development to settle.
Update : Ok so i went ahead and purchased andromeda for rootless substratum.
So far i have tried swift dark theme. I was able to theme most of the google apps but no success with system ui. I believe that it a drawback from asus that zenui is not OMS ready.
I will try bunch off other themes and see where i can get.
I did the same thing 2 days ago with the same results. Sucks. I also paid an tried another theme, same results, it's was Sai's Oreo dark. The Swift dark theme also crashed my Outlook from opening and affected other apps negatively as well.
Please let me know if you find one that changes the system UI a well!!!!
I am not sure about the system UI but I can get the Settings page to go dark using 'Dirty Dark' from Playstore. You guys can try that. Andromeda and substratum works fine for me. I also have swift black. It does the heavy lifting for me. I miss AOSP. I just don't see myself liking the zenUI. It lacks A little elegance for my taste.
Attaching a screenshot of the settings page.
Hey guys,
Loving this phone so far (come from an Honor 10, big step up), but there's 1 really annoying bug: every time I change the theme or wallpaper from either the settings app, launcher or themes app, it reverts back to the stock theme and wallpaper regardless of what I do. It's even more annoying as I find the stock wallpaper ugly asf lol. If anyone has any ideas as to how to fix this please lmk!
Thanks
Do you use official themes? Is so, then try to update thememanager.
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Do you use official themes? Is so, then try to update thememanager.
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Hey, figured out the problem. I was using an unsupported font (not downloaded through the theme store, somehow updated my unicode and got the iOS emojis etc), thats why the theme kept reverting to the default one. Simple workaround was just to install ios emojis through search on the actual theme store, only problem is it doesn't support the ios 14 emojis but its better than nothing
Hello guys, i want to swap my MIUI for a another rom but all roms that ive looked into doesnt seems to have a full black theme, its a kinda of dark grey or smt.
Do you guys know any rom that actually have a pitch black for take advantage of the amoled display?
There are some AOSP ROMs with Theme Support, they also have Black (Black Settings & Black Notification-quicktiles)
You can also theme apps with Substratum (Root required).
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There are some AOSP ROMs with Theme Support, they also have Black (Black Settings & Black Notification-quicktiles)
You can also theme apps with Substratum (Root required).
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can u recommend me one rom? im currently using the casanova miui and im experiencing some annoying bugs...
I was thinking on the crDroid/pixel experience, does it have the theme support?
tekashiz said:
Hello guys, i want to swap my MIUI for a another rom but all roms that ive looked into doesnt seems to have a full black theme, its a kinda of dark grey or smt.
Do you guys know any rom that actually have a pitch black for take advantage of the amoled display?
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Most of them have a pitch black option. crDroid, AICP, Syberia, AncientOS, ColtOS, Nusantara, Havoc are some of them. (Only on Android 11 currently)
tekashiz said:
can u recommend me one rom? im currently using the casanova miui and im experiencing some annoying bugs...
I was thinking on the crDroid/pixel experience, does it have the theme support?
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IMHO, the best rom in performance, smoothness and stability is the Arrow 11 rom that offer an option to choose from different dark theme colors, I am currently on Arrow 12 and I am really satisfied with 0 bugs but most of the additional arrow features are no yet implemented, like this dark theme customization for example, but it does not matter for me