In light of the fact there's no real root I figured I must DO something to this phone! I MUST make it different than Samsung intended. I was going thru withdrawal. Really. I got to messing around with different Samsung themes (black is Always Right and all of that developers dark themes are pretty dope..btw); but I found in the process many of the s8 unrooted mods usually work. Do some research but I've personally used better nav colors, remove lock text, remove lock carrier name, more precise animation scale, transparent qs, different nav buttons etc. And they are mostly apks, so no struggle. At all. Overlay apks also work too.
Not taking credit for any of this and props to the developer/s. I'm just sharing. Here's a link to one of the best list I've found.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/mods-small-collection-tweaks-t3657119
Even though it's a substratum thread the mods work without it. I tried substratum but it didn't play nice with my phone. Look for s8 threads in theme section by tigerhood and also clck. Most of their apks work on our phone.
Anyway maybe this is common knowledge but i couldn't find it anywhere else on the board so don't roast me if its nothing special. Lol
Thanks for this link, I have been looking and waiting for a long time for a way to hide the clock and battery icon in the status bar and this mod worked perfectly.
How did you change the nav bar icons?
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How did you change the nav bar icons?
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I have in the past but some are a bit weird and confusing so I went back to the stock ones
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How did you change the nav bar icons?
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Lots of options for nav bar.
Here is a list of nav bar layers plus many more.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73042403&postcount=1442
With substratum you have lots of choices too.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes/theme-statusbar-icons-extras-samsung-t3674792
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ami.vividiconset
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/substratum-inversion-ui-overlay-overlays-t3604341
Most of these work. Check the links at the bottom too. I can't remember where I got my nav shown in the picture but I've had no issues with any. Only ones seems not to work are those that try to adjust the nav bar height. It doesn't break anything you just don't see any change in the size.
Other than that you have to reinstall all your overlays again if you change your theme.
Nav bar shown apk below. Works 100%
Again, I take no credit for these and props to the developer/s.
The closest I can get to all black UI is by using Mini Black Edition V2 from the Samsung theme store and Swift Black overlays. I still have white pull down notifications and white nav bar when the keyboard is shown.
Is there a way to black out the pull down notifications and nav bar while the keyboard is shown ?
There's an apk around on one of the links I posted or somewhere else, I can't remember, with an overlay that gives you a black notification panel. It looks really nice, but you can't see the text on notifications very well.
For the black nav bar use the following by Draco.
Edit: first post on this link is the best list I've found. I've tried many of them and they work just fine. Props to the developers and the member who pulled them all together in one place.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73042403&postcount=1442
Looks good don't it? All courtesy of the links posted. Honestly with these mods, there's really no need for root. So until we get full root this is the set up.
Thank you for this post!
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Looks good don't it? All courtesy of the links posted. Honestly with these mods, there's really no need for root. So until we get full root this is the set up.
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Which apk is that? The one that I came close to has a white background behind the notifications. Yours is black, Thanks
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Which apk is that? The one that I came close to has a white background behind the notifications. Yours is black, Thanks
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Use any of the ones that are system ui black notification. It should say that or something like that when you install. Then install the custom grey/ black notification. Or use any of the grey notification only ones and then the custom grey/ black
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Use any of the ones that are system ui black notification. It should say that or something like that when you install. Then install the custom grey/ black notification. Or use any of the grey notification only ones and then the custom grey/ black
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Thanks I figured it out shortly after posting. I just used the black and gray.
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Thanks I figured it out shortly after posting. I just used the black and gray.
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Np. Nice!
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The closest I can get to all black UI is by using Mini Black Edition V2 from the Samsung theme store and Swift Black overlays. I still have white pull down notifications and white nav bar when the keyboard is shown.
Is there a way to black out the pull down notifications and nav bar while the keyboard is shown ?
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This is what I'm using but the text is grey.
The latest update for Swift Black included several stock TouchWiz apps which makes it even better
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Loving this
Touchwiz and nova both look really good
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What is the name of your icons on your first picture, in black?
Nvm
Guys how do I fix my phone I forgot i had overlays and subs themes and accidentally software updated
Try a recovery factory reset , or download the firmware and flash
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Guys how do I fix my phone I forgot i had overlays and subs themes and accidentally software updated
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Related
Let's see what you got!
I keep getting invalid image file when I use the app and when I go on the internet on my phone to try to post something. I don't know what's up with that.
Here you go. I love this phone. The edge shortcuts allow me to flow back and forth quicker without using multi windows or hitting the home key. The camera is top of the line and the finger print sensor is sweet.
Here's mine:
My Screen
Today
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Today
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Nice really nice what model do you have and how did you manage to change icons?
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Mine
drakulinho said:
Nice really nice what model do you have and how did you manage to change icons?
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Xposed framework and unicon.
Rooted
Build.prop edit dpi to 590
Dynamic Notification to make my lock screen like the Moto X
G3 Wallpaper with Nova Launcher to organize the screen the way I like it.
The edge panel is really nice in that I can keep the main screen so much cleaner than I used to on my G3 like in the 4th pic.
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Today
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What did you use to change settings to the notification panel.
tospace2006 said:
What did you use to change settings to the notification panel.
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The blur hes using in system ui is a module called blurredsystemui ..
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The blur hes using in system ui is a module called blurredsystemui ..
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But like his notification panel isn't an ugly mix of neon green and awkward navy. How did he change his to grey?
Edit: also how did he get rid of the S finder and quick connect icons.
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But like his notification panel isn't an ugly mix of neon green and awkward navy. How did he change his to grey?
Edit: also how did he get rid of the S finder and quick connect icons.
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Hes running forever locos theme.. your talking about all the toggles and all that. Yes, thats the theme.. mixed with some xposed, blurred systemui for the pulldown blur, and i believe its wanam or gravity box allows the removal of those icons you speak of, but in this case i believe the systemui was modded in the theme to get rid of that. Otherwise check out wanam or gravity
Mine
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currently mines.
Still trying to make the most out of the edge panel. Love having a clutter free home screen tho!
Nice job everyone! My home screen is still a work in progress but I thought I'd mention one thing I like to do. With "ss launcher" you can extend your home screen vertically. I like it that way cause you can just flick the screen up to get to stuff below. (also applications page scrolls vertical once there). Anyways. here is an example of how the home page is extended vertically. So you see, below the usual home screen, I put an icon, a calendar widget and another widget called "recent apps" which I set to be a 3x3 grid so I can can easily go back and forth between apps one handed.
still mostly stock
Hot Note Edge.
Is there an Xposed module or some other way that anyone knows of to make the Settings black themed instead of white?
The amount of light that occurs with the white background sometimes hurts to look at.
Is there a night mode or something that I can do (other than flash a custom ROM)?
Thanks in advance.
Download and apply a dark theme off the theme store and it will turn the settings and toggles all dark.
Thanks! There's nothing in xposed that can do that though? I didn't see anything, but I didn't want to have to look inside every single module?
Answer found.
Care to share?
Sure. I could NOT find an Xposed module that did this (although I would think it to be really simple).
So I ended up just using the free Samsung theme that looked like space. Really neat - themes a lot more than just the settings.
I had trouble locating the Samsung theme app in Apex, but once you log into your Samsung account, I believe it brought it up.
Was definitely worth checking into.
Thanks for the help.
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Sure. I could NOT find an Xposed module that did this (although I would think it to be really simple).
So I ended up just using the free Samsung theme that looked like space. Really neat - themes a lot more than just the settings.
I had trouble locating the Samsung theme app in Apex, but once you log into your Samsung account, I believe it brought it up.
Was definitely worth checking into.
Thanks for the help.
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Hey ? Which theme do you installed it ?
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Hey ? Which theme do you installed it ?
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I'm using SkyofIllusion, but I downloaded ForestofIllusion too, but I don't like that the mystical deer is only shown on the lockscreen and disappears when you unlock the device.
Both good dark choices that apply in all the right places.
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I'm using SkyofIllusion, but I downloaded ForestofIllusion too, but I don't like that the mystical deer is only shown on the lockscreen and disappears when you unlock the device.
Both good dark choices that apply in all the right places.
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This is the Hologram theme which is a good alternate dark theme. It's not just a black background but uses background images.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68416405&postcount=35
Well I am new to this but will share my theme which is a build of a lot of other themes mixed by me.
So I don't need the credits, I just share my black theme.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4Smjsq1xW8JaUJBSERXUXZUX2s
Thanl you, very nice!
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Great theme! However, sometimes the notifications on the notifications panel can't been seen clearly. Can you adjust the font colour to be more contrast against the black background?
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Great theme! However, sometimes the notifications on the notifications panel can't been seen clearly. Can you adjust the font colour to be more contrast against the black background?
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Example screenshot
Nice theme...keep it up...
Please keep update it. Thanks
Going to work of the little details.
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Well I am new to this but will share my theme which is a build of a lot of other themes mixed by me.
So I don't need the credits, I just share my black theme.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4Smjsq1xW8JaUJBSERXUXZUX2s
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Can u change the nav key to s8 nav key.
Ok I have made a little change, notepad is now also black themed. I try to make text colour the same in notification screen...
Download :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Smjsq1xW8JUWZSeWpZWXRMWnM/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Smjsq1xW8JdlZxaFd6d00wY0k/view?usp=drivesdk
New build with file manager and thememanager in black too. Still working on that notification thing.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Smjsq1xW8JdlZxaFd6d00wY0k/view?usp=drivesdk
New build with file manager and thememanager in black too. Still working on that notification thing.
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Thanks, but instead of posting new links, can you edit the first post with the latest link so that others can find it easier. Cheers keep it up
Any new updates in plan?
new link for dowload??
What I want to have is the notification pull-down that is transparent or semi-transparent, not opaque as it is now. Is that possible?
I'm using Nova Launcher currently.
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What I want to have is the notification pull-down that is transparent or semi-transparent, not opaque as it is now. Is that possible?
I'm using Nova Launcher currently.
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Use substratum and a theme called transparent :good:
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Use substratum and a theme called transparent :good:
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So, I'm stupid. I did this and nothing except the nav bar is now transparent. Not the pull down notification area or anything else.
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What I want to have is the notification pull-down that is transparent or semi-transparent, not opaque as it is now. Is that possible?
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There are several transparent drop down overlays on this thread, the apk's are spread all throughout the thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/substratum-inversion-ui-overlay-overlays-t3604341
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There are several transparent drop down overlays on this thread, the apk's are spread all throughout the thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/substratum-inversion-ui-overlay-overlays-t3604341
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Thank you, I'm looking through this very long thread. Nice to see there are other folks attempting this stuff on a non-rooted device. It's a very slow slog to find what I want even by searching the thread.
thank you again.
sanjsrik said:
Thank you, I'm looking through this very long thread. Nice to see there are other folks attempting this stuff on a non-rooted device. It's a very slow slog to find what I want even by searching the thread.
thank you again.
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If you don't find one @Tigerhoods or @clck will usually make one if you request it. Also here's a list of all the apk's.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73042403&postcount=1442
Has anyone else got this on the 5t?
It happens on some non-stock apps and makes them look crap!
That's the way it was designed. You could always use a 3rd party app (Navbar Apps, for example) to make the navbar match the notification bar, but I think the off white bar they chose is a good one. Samsung and LG do the same thing.
I, for one, have never been a fan of the black navbar. It just makes it look like there is a lot of wasted space.
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Has anyone else got this on the 5t?
It happens on some non-stock apps and makes them look crap!
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This is working as intended
Hi.
So I just bought my OP5T, and I can't believe how frustrating that is. The nav bar stays white on apps with a dark theme(Reddit is Fun for example) and there is no easy way to change it. I've tried the app recommended above(Navbar Apps) but it seems to be overriden by the system - if I select solid black for the navbar it switches to black for half a second and then goes back to white. Any other way to fix it, anyone?
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So I just bought my OP5T, and I can't believe how frustrating that is. The nav bar stays white on apps with a dark theme(Reddit is Fun for example) and there is no easy way to change it. I've tried the app recommended above(Navbar Apps) but it seems to be overriden by the system - if I select solid black for the navbar it switches to black for half a second and then goes back to white. Any other way to fix it, anyone?
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Have you tried the dark theme on the 5T? Not sure if that makes a difference.
Yep, even with the dark theme the nav bar stays white, which makes me think this is actually unintended. Surely with the dark theme the bar should become black, but it's still white.
I know there is a setting in Navbar Apps where you can choose your own custom color and override the system. Have you given that a shot?
Yep - I've tried both override using the status bar colour and specific colour per app - neither one works. Well, it switches to black for very short time and then goes back to white. I'll try to make a video to submit to the author of the app.
So this is what happens with the Navbar Apps application - I just sent an email to the developer, hopefully he knows how to fix it!
https://youtu.be/w8fnZwVMD90
gambiting said:
So this is what happens with the Navbar Apps application - I just sent an email to the developer, hopefully he knows how to fix it!
https://youtu.be/w8fnZwVMD90
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Yeah, weird. Didn't do that on other phones. Personally I like the white navigation bar, but I can understand that we should have more options for it other than rearranging the icons.
Man that's kinda annoying. I personally like the black nav bar all the time
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Man that's kinda annoying. I personally like the black nav bar all the time
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Yeah, I never did. Just makes the screen look smaller with a black navigation bar.
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Yeah, I never did. Just makes the screen look smaller with a black navigation bar.
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Yeah I can see that. I just think the black nav bar is more stealth whereas the white one is too obvious if that makes any sense.
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Man that's kinda annoying. I personally like the black nav bar all the time
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Yep me too! I think the navbar default colours should match the theme colours. I couldn't get Navbar apps to work properly either.
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Yeah I can see that. I just think the black nav bar is more stealth whereas the white one is too obvious if that makes any sense.
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It started bothering me the very first night I got the phone - I was in my bed, in darkness, had a dark-themed app opened....and the nav bar was blinding white in the darkness. Auto-hide on the bar helps, but then it's annoying to swipe up every time you want to use it.
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It started bothering me the very first night I got the phone - I was in my bed, in darkness, had a dark-themed app opened....and the nav bar was blinding white in the darkness. Auto-hide on the bar helps, but then it's annoying to swipe up every time you want to use it.
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Agreed. I really hope OnePlus fixed that
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Agreed. I really hope OnePlus fixed that
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Yeah, I mean it feels like a bug that the nav bar is not dark when using a dark theme.
I would suggest using the OnePlus official forums and their feedback system to make some suggestions to them.
Just use the "Hide navigation bar" in the Settings->Buttons menu. It does the trick for me at least, and I like it better
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Just use the "Hide navigation bar" in the Settings->Buttons menu. It does the trick for me at least, and I like it better
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It can look better, but then you introduce another step in the process.