Substratum without root - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

Hey guys,
Got my new XL 2 today, just was wondering if anyone can lead me in the direction of how to install the substratum theme engine without root. Also what is the best dark theme I could get for the phone that themes mostly everything? Thanks in advance

mdonnelly1127 said:
Hey guys,
Got my new XL 2 today, just was wondering if anyone can lead me in the direction of how to install the substratum theme engine without root. Also what is the best dark theme I could get for the phone that themes mostly everything? Thanks in advance
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I do know if you put a dark wallpaper on your pixel it switches to dark mode all on its own

AndreaCristiano said:
I do know if you put a dark wallpaper on your pixel it switches to dark mode all on its own
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Yeah that I know... But I want to dark theme messages and play store and stuff like that

I thought the whole UI changed dark

mdonnelly1127 said:
Hey guys,
Got my new XL 2 today, just was wondering if anyone can lead me in the direction of how to install the substratum theme engine without root. Also what is the best dark theme I could get for the phone that themes mostly everything? Thanks in advance
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https://www.xda-developers.com/video-rootless-substratum-theme-engine-android-oreo/
I haven't tried this method as I'm rooted, but plan to when I get my 2XL.
I prefer the Swift Black theme myself.

We have several Substratum tutorials on the XDA portal

Thank you for the advice , appreciate it as always. Theming works great as some stuff (settings and certain options) don't theme properly yet but all in due time I guess

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Theme Nightshade.

Hello & welcome to the way TW should look like . This is a dark theme (WIP) confirmed to be working on Dynamic Kat & Infamous rom. Please feel free to leave feedback & ideas & let's keep this thread nice like DK's thread is. It is also advised to make a full backup just in case something goes wrong.
Again, this is a WIP so, expect some things to not be perfect. There are some issues with some app text not showing due to white on white. You can also use blackout apps to make things better too. These guys are fantastic & have really done alot of great work. Go check them out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283828.
Here is the link to this theme to flash via recovery http://www.mediafire.com/?kiydg45tk8i5d3g. Enjoy everybody, I know I do .
If you're having problems or don't like it just dirty flash the rom you're on & all should be back to normal. Please enjoy!
Thanks for this..
Nice!!
tattooboy said:
Nice!!
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Thanks bud
re: excellent start!
nickster1 said:
Hello & welcome to the way TW should look like . This is a dark theme (WIP) for DK rom, but should work on others. Please feel free to leave feedback & ideas & let's keep this thread nice like DK's thread is. It is also advised to make a full backup just in case something goes wrong.
Here is the link to flash via recovery http://www.mediafire.com/?h7gn61gvoqg3x9o. Enjoy everybody, I know I do .
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It looks great, I just hope that your next project will be
to theme the keyboard to match these other screens.
Good luck!
Is this based on 4.4 or 4.2 any features missing?Has anyone tried this on firekat yet?
Good job brother, looking very good! I'm honored.
raw2000j said:
Is this based on 4.4 or 4.2 any features missing?Has anyone tried this on firekat yet?
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4.4 no features lost
You kick ass man!
No dice
I tried this but kept getting SYSTEM UI crashing. Good thing I did a nandroid backup.
I really would've liked this mod. I'm running SkyFall ROM. (TW)*
nickster1 said:
Hello & welcome to the way TW should look like . This is a dark theme (WIP) for DK rom, but should work on others. Please feel free to leave feedback & ideas & let's keep this thread nice like DK's thread is. It is also advised to make a full backup just in case something goes wrong.
Here is the link to flash via recovery http://www.mediafire.com/?h7gn61gvoqg3x9o. Enjoy everybody, I know I do .
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AFourg said:
I tried this but kept getting SYSTEM UI crashing. Good thing I did a nandroid backup.
I really would've liked this mod. I'm running SkyFall ROM. (TW)*
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Sorry man it must not work on that rom. The only rom I can say for sure it works on is DK. Thanks for letting us know.
You could always just run the Best TW Rom out at the moment IMO of course and thats DK if you really like the mod
This is a nice (wip) it makes chrome setting font white against white backgrounds and does also for a few other apps. Dialer is nice and i cant wait until it complete. A nice colorful theme to icons. Very nice work!
Nexus85 said:
This is a nice (wip) it makes chrome setting font white against white backgrounds and does also for a few other apps. Dialer is nice and i cant wait until it complete. A nice colorful theme to icons. Very nice work!
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Some apps are gonna be that way just the way it goes when you start changing color of primary_text.xmls what i do is install blackout apps from team blackout "example Chrome"
Has anyone tried on darkstalker Tom yet?
re: dark theme
raw2000j said:
Has anyone tried on darkstalker Tom yet?
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Yes, I tested it on darthstalker and the systemui.apk fc's unless you remove
the systemui.apk from the zip file.
The systemui.apk is what changes the color of the icons and background on
the notification panel.
Without the systemui.apk it works perfectly, but only themes the contacts,
dialer and settings screens.
I also tried this on jovy23's stock/deodex/rooted rom with the same results.
Good luck!
Dark MMS
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Sorry man it must not work on that rom. The only rom I can say for sure it works on is DK. Thanks for letting us know.
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Love the theme but if I want to change just the settings back to stock so I don't have the white out problems what file do I need to push. Also thank you for your work
smccall said:
Love the theme but if I want to change just the settings back to stock so I don't have the white out problems what file do I need to push. Also thank you for your work
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All you need to do is dirty flash the rom & you'll be back to normal.

Amazing themes for S6 edge ports

These themes are made by @pas2001 they are made for the S6 edge but work great on my phone using the Dr's Rom the OP has asked that any issues or questions you have be kept in this thread to minimize any confusion on the other thread. I will be here as much as possible and Pas2001 will check in time to time but has a lot on the go. Most of the themes are Marvel but have a few DC Hero's themes as well
To show the quality of the themes I have posted screen shots of The Batman-Superman theme in the thread
Ok so lets get started three step process
1) DOWNLOAD BASE THEME
2) APPLY THEME VERY IMPORTANT otherwise it won't work
3) FLASH Pas2001'S THEME
You can switch back and forth after you have flashed the theme over the base UNLESS they both use the same base theme
Now the moment you all have been waiting for here they are http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/themes-apps/avengers-theme-individual-mode-t3140647
The status bar is mine yours won't be the same but ya he even themes the status bar
Make sure you spank his thanks button
Thank so much friend. You right I will often visit here as I can.
What is the base theme for Batman vs Superman theme?
Nexus85 said:
What is the base theme for Batman vs Superman theme?
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sorry for the delay I am trying to get s6 themes to work on BOE2
32dave said:
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sorry for the delay I am trying to get s6 themes to work on BOE2
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I don't know what I'm doing wrong. The other themes from the theme store work but the batman/superman theme doesn't work at all. Thank you for replying tho.
Nexus85 said:
I don't know what I'm doing wrong. The other themes from the theme store work but the batman/superman theme doesn't work at all. Thank you for replying tho.
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You know what I messed up its Gold Platinum I just did the same thing now I have to remove everything manually. I am really sorry about that I was half asleep when I answered you
delete the theme before you go into /data/app and erase everything that says gold unless you have the other gold theme in it I just factory reset my phone figure its the easiest way
32dave said:
You know what I messed up its Gold Platinum I just did the same thing now I have to remove everything manually. I am really sorry about that I was half asleep when I answered you
delete the theme before you go into /data/app and erase everything that says gold unless you have the other gold theme in it I just factory reset my phone figure its the easiest way
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Got it working Bro. Thanks
wow 505 views and no comments guess everything is working lol
So can you tell me if, with this theme, everything gets themed? not like the galaxy s6 themes that theme half the rom, like theres a lot of stuff like in call ui and menus that stay stock green and with the rest of the other pastel colors.
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So can you tell me if, with this theme, everything gets themed? not like the galaxy s6 themes that theme half the rom, like theres a lot of stuff like in call ui and menus that stay stock green and with the rest of the other pastel colors.
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These are based on the s6 themes you just flash over them and no the incallUI is not themed he might of updated I am using stock 5.1.1 as right now as the Drs rom doesn't play nice with 5.1.1 base or so I have read which rom are you on
Oh well am still running 5.0.1 stock rom from mega, because of the avaible full themes from foreverloco, but I did try Dr Keatans galaxy s6 rom, the themes look great, but those themes leave a lot from the rom unthemed.
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Oh well am still running 5.0.1 stock rom from mega, because of the avaible full themes from foreverloco, but I did try Dr Keatans galaxy s6 rom, the themes look great, but those themes leave a lot from the rom unthemed.
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This is a blue-red incallui it should work on 5.0.1 but backup just in case. I have redone so many lately I am not sure what rom its for https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347758713
Just tested this on Echoe v14.1 N5 port works no issues
32dave said:
Just tested this on Echoe v14.1 N5 port works no issues
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14.3 is out [emoji6]
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14.3 is out [emoji6]
Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk
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Ya I know it came out a few days ago I am back on COI4 at the moment but I ran it for a couple of days. It runs pretty smooth

Substratum with no Root!

I know it might still have a few bugs but so far for the most part it's working great! In addition for substratum to work you need to download an Add on.
Test it out and let us know what themes are working! So far I'm using Swift dark
( Please read carefully how it get it to work)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.sungstratum
Yeah I just got mine setup today with Swift Black! My advice is to make sure you do one app at a time. Some apps I had to try a few times for some reason. Also, I've found that at least Swift Black did not theme beta versions of apps.
What is the purpose of this app, if you dont mind my lack of knowledge?
How to run substatrum without root on marshmallow?
Does this only work on Samsung or all non root devices?
DanHutchins said:
Does this only work on Samsung or all non root devices?
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I believe this version is for Samsung, there another version other devices by same developer so go to app store and check the devs other apps.
Bildo41383 said:
What is the purpose of this app, if you dont mind my lack of knowledge?
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It lets you use substratum themes on completely stock Samsungs devices.
Substratum with this MOBILE_QF6_Hybrid_Nougat_Rom_FlashFire_Install][Status Official For TMO]
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/development
Is everything we can dream and the best we will get. With the s8 and note 8 our development is pretty much done
Anyway to make the notifications black and text white?
i used substratum with my s7 edge, for the short time that I had the phone (may its circuits rest in peace) and i loved it! i use it with my s8 now.

Has anyone tried Substratum w/Andromeda plugin after Oreo update?

Well, that's the question. I'm gathering some credits trough Google Rewards and i'm pretty interested in buying the Substratum extension made for Android Oreo. But first i want to know if someone has tried the app in this phone to avoid some useless purchase. Something that i miss from my old Moto X Style is the customization. I could root this thing to do it without any plugin but so far i'm not interested in rooting and all that.
Dovahkiin1290 said:
Well, that's the question. I'm gathering some credits trough Google Rewards and i'm pretty interested in buying the Substratum extension made for Android Oreo. But first i want to know if someone has tried the app in this phone to avoid some useless purchase. Something that i miss from my old Moto X Style is the customization. I could root this thing to do it without any plugin but so far i'm not interested in rooting and all that.
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I didn't find any replacements..
I think if You dont wanna root Your phone You should buy Andromeda rootless backend - support devs, because it works.
I'm currenly using the Andromeda... It does work but with some errors n doesn't work well with all themes...
I've got something to show..
Thanks guys. I'll buy it anytime soon then.
I have been using it on 0.8 Verizon edition with no probs, sais oreo theme is a pretty good dark theme.
I am using it. Everything was working until the most recent security update for oreo. Although it may have been me updating my theme, which i did after the security update.
I can't stand all the ads on this phone. Ugh.
I use it with stock Oreo 8.0.0. No issues.
Black theme (forgot the name but it is the most popular one) is nice for the notification bar and settings menu.
Which theme is that?
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Its working fine, I'm experiencing no lags.
Black looks beautiful and being AMOLED saves battery also.
Notification issue
The Default Dark Theme works except for some notifications that keep having dark text on dark background (see first notification on the attached image). Is there any way to fix that? My device is not rooted.
keivan1983 said:
Which theme is that?
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I am currently using a pitch black theme that is called Sai's Oreo Theme: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=baka.sai.oreo&hl=en
I`ve been using Default Dark from F-Droid. Basically switches the Phones/Contacts/Settings/QSettings etc to dark.
The app has one annoyance to it cause you got to connect the phone to the pc if you want to use substratum.
The good stuff is that applied theme survives reboot, so it`s not so bad in the end.

Question Any root way for amoled black?

Hello geeks,
I'm sick and tired of this so called "dark", ugly Grey color. Is there any way to go black? I mean the real amoled black we been used to in a decade.
I'm rooted and tried Flux, swift, and many other substratum themes but they don't work on this android 13 thing.
Develop3r said:
Hello geeks,
I'm sick and tired of this so called "dark", ugly Grey color. Is there any way to go black? I mean the real amoled black we been used to in a decade.
I'm rooted and tried Flux, swift, and many other substratum themes but they don't work on this android 13 thing.
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Flux has Android 13 support so not sure why it's not working for you. So do Liv Dark, Iris and Iris Monet, amongst others. Also, you should be using Substratum Lite rather than Substratum, if you aren't.
Man, you're a real dog. You saved my time. The lite thing just worked. Thank you so much
Could someone please point me in the direction of the substratum lite for my stock, rooted, P6P A13.
A search on XDA produced hundreds of pages, but I am unable to tell which apply to me, and the Substratum hub is all about Oreo and older.
This would be my first venture into themes and I would like to learn more.
Thanks
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biTToe said:
Could someone please point me in the direction of the substratum lite for my stock, rooted, P6P A13.
A search on XDA produced hundreds of pages, but I am unable to tell which apply to me, and the Substratum hub is all about Oreo and older.
This would be my first venture into themes and I would like to learn more.
Thanks
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Here is the Substratum Lite app.
There are several themes you can use on A13, as mentioned above. Search Play Store for themes such as Liv Dark, Flux, Iris, Iris Monet, etc.. For others you will have to search on Telegram.
You can use AOSP mod. This is the way !
aosp mod.project themer .
Does it work on stuck Tom thou?
i am on stock.so yes.
Project themer work perfect on A13 (playstore)
Maybe not what you're looking for but here's for black wallpaper: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mangino.android.No_Wallpaper

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