Hi all, I would like to share all the customizations that I have done on my LG G6 to make it look like a Pixel phone. Since majority of the LG G6 devices have no way at all unlockable, rootable and lacks the ability to flash custom roms, I decided to make NO ROOT customizations to give the device a new look and feel.
Here is the link to the article. Please don't forget to thank/donate to the devs for their hardwork. Cheers!
https://www.reddit.com/user/kevinxm...pixel_look_no_root/?utm_source=reddit-android
Hi all, I would like to share all the customizations that I have done on my LG G6 to make it look like a Pixel phone. Since majority of the LG G6 devices have no way at all unlockable, rootable and lacks the ability to flash custom roms, I decided to make NO ROOT customizations to give the device a new look and feel.
kevinxmiguel said:
Hi all, I would like to share all the customizations that I have done on my LG G6 to make it look like a Pixel phone. Since majority of the LG G6 devices have no way at all unlockable, rootable and lacks the ability to flash custom roms, I decided to make NO ROOT customizations to give the device a new look and feel.
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I'm glad you're enjoying my theme!
markbencze said:
I'm glad you're enjoying my theme!
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Hello. May I know what theme is this sir? :good:
Can you share what you did to make it look like that ?!
kevinxmiguel said:
Hi all, I would like to share all the customizations that I have done on my LG G6 to make it look like a Pixel phone. Since majority of the LG G6 devices have no way at all unlockable, rootable and lacks the ability to flash custom roms, I decided to make NO ROOT customizations to give the device a new look and feel.
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I only interested with the statusbar clock position.. mind to share what did you do?
houssamt290 said:
Can you share what you did to make it look like that ?!
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https://www.reddit.com/user/kevinxm...pixel_look_no_root/?utm_source=reddit-android
daniLaLaLaLaLa said:
I only interested with the statusbar clock position.. mind to share what did you do?
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Download subtweaks on the play store. You need to have substratum and the andromeda app and pc client for no root theming
https://www.reddit.com/user/kevinxm...pixel_look_no_root/?utm_source=reddit-android
markbencze said:
I'm glad you're enjoying my theme!
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Hi mark! I really enjoy your themes bro. It's all worth the money ???
kevinxmiguel said:
Download subtweaks on the play store. You need to have substratum and the andromeda app and pc client for no root theming
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Hi amazing work on the theme. Everything worked flawless. There was one problem i did run into. The notifications have a border around them and not all of the notifications are rounded. Do you have any suggestions? I followed the steps on your reddit post. Would it be possible to see your overlay preferences?
Thanks alot very happy with the theme otherwise
zohabh99 said:
Hi amazing work on the theme. Everything worked flawless. There was one problem i did run into. The notifications have a border around them and not all of the notifications are rounded. Do you have any suggestions? I followed the steps on your reddit post. Would it be possible to see your overlay preferences?
Thanks alot very happy with the theme otherwise
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Hey man,
I no longer have the device but if you can upload a screenshot, i can maybe check and help
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I thought that we could install the new updated LG launcher, music app etc, if anyone will have it, once it's released.
So if you got any of the new apk's post it here in the future!
lol
Who is apk[emoji19]
laverdadb said:
I thought that we could install the new updated LG launcher, music app etc, if anyone will have it, once it's released.
So if you got any of the new apk's post it here in the future!
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G4 Apps may not be available yet but you can start with this. LINK
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I thought that we could install the new updated LG launcher, music app etc, if anyone will have it, once it's released.
So if you got any of the new apk's post it here in the future!
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If someone could upload the G4 curved screen app, that would be great.
ingoljosh said:
G4 Apps may not be available yet but you can start with this. LINK
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Jesus Christ, does LG employ only first graders in the UI design group? These are even more gaudy than the G3 versions. No subtlety or refinement whatsoever.
GroovyGeek said:
Jesus Christ, does LG employ only first graders in the UI design group? These are even more gaudy than the G3 versions. No subtlety or refinement whatsoever.
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Cant agree more. The LG UI and notification sounds suck! Why the hell they make "Life is good" as default ringtone & alarm?? All clock alarm, sms and calling sounds just so annoying.
laverdadb said:
I thought that we could install the new updated LG launcher, music app etc, if anyone will have it, once it's released.
So if you got any of the new apk's post it here in the future!
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In case you dont already know.
here are the apps and instructions on how to install them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/themes-apps/lg-g4-apps-t3102687
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Youre welcome.
Thanks for the link
ingoljosh said:
In case you dont already know.
here are the apps and instructions on how to install them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/themes-apps/lg-g4-apps-t3102687
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Youre welcome.
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Thanks for the link, but the link on setting permissions is incomprehensible. I'm certain the person who made the 27 second instruction video knows what he's doing, but most of us can't follow. Please help us who are not quite as brilliant.
Hi, this is my first Lg phone and I was wondering if someone will port the new UI to G4 (since there isn't so much interest for this phone, comparing to HTC M8 and nexus devices I had). I mean a Cloudy-G4 or something similar.
I really hope so, because it seems to be amazing
I think it would be actually better if G5 got an LG G4 UX 4.0 port
Adam Myczkowski said:
I think it would be actually better if G5 got an LG G4 UX 4.0 port
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I have no problem with the UI... it's just the launcher
raynan said:
I have no problem with the UI... it's just the launcher
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I believe that you can bring the old launcher to the new-ui-rom.
In case of that is not possible, you can still use nova or whatever, don't you? =)
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I believe that you can bring the old launcher to the new-ui-rom.
In case of that is not possible, you can still use nova or whatever, don't you? =)
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Absolutely. I haven't used a stock launcher in years. Lol
The new UI looks like MIUI or some chinese crap that copy IOS.lol.Very bad LG...very bad move.
I'm quite interested to know if UX 5.0 will be made available for the G4. Was 4.0 made available for the G3?
If the APK is released for 5.0, will someone at XDA port it to the G4? If so, will I be able to install it on a G4 that has a locked bootloader? I don't have the ability to flash ROMs with the H815P version.
@Noker7, have you found out any more information about this since you posted this thread?
http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2016/03/introducing-a-more-playful-and-innovative-lg-ux-5-0/
Sent from my LG G4
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@Noker7, have you found out any more information about this since you posted this thread?
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Nope. Only a "port" of G5 camera apk, which I won't test
Let's wait for a good guy who ports the new UI to our G4
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http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2016/03/introducing-a-more-playful-and-innovative-lg-ux-5-0/
Sent from my LG G4
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I really hope they're correct and it happens.
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Nope. Only a "port" of G5 camera apk, which I won't test
Let's wait for a good guy who ports the new UI to our G4
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What model G4 do you have? With the H815P, I won't be able to get the UI if it comes via a ROM, so I'll need to wait for an update, or a new version of Android.
I really like the G4 UI, againt the G5... much more option, I like the APP drawer. it Would be nice if the notification bar change on G4, like the Color and icons. I dont like the grey style.
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What model G4 do you have? With the H815P, I won't be able to get the UI if it comes via a ROM, so I'll need to wait for an update, or a new version of Android.
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I've h815
Noker7 said:
I've h815
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Lucky
danieldp1990 said:
I really like the G4 UI, againt the G5... much more option, I like the APP drawer. it Would be nice if the notification bar change on G4, like the Color and icons. I dont like the grey style.
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There is going to be an option to enable the app drawer in the launcher settings. 3rd party launchers are always an option, as well. In my mind, the stock launcher means almost nothing anymore...
Any news on that? I'd love to see UX 5.0 on my G4, but wouldn't like to wait a few months until LG gives it to us..
myszy said:
Any news on that? I'd love to see UX 5.0 on my G4, but wouldn't like to wait a few months until LG gives it to us..
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Yes, the Genisys team ported it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/themes-apps/theme-genisys-ux-5-0-theme-v1-0-t3359019
use genysis rom it's pretty good and has new ui
Yeah, I saw it. But is it really fully ported or just stock G4 rom made to look like UX 5 (changed colors, icons, etc.)?
myszy said:
Yeah, I saw it. But is it really fully ported or just stock G4 rom made to look like UX 5 (changed colors, icons, etc.)?
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No G5 rom porting until now.
It has G4 UI and few G5 apps.
You can flash "gensys theme" over 20e to get some of 5.0UX. We have to wait for a complete porting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/rom-fulmics-rom-3-0-tweaks-hub-ota-v30b-t3304556
The G3 have a fully port of UX 5.0
Guys i wanted to share something with you.
Maybe it's old news but i saw it today.
Why on stock not rooted some apps can be used in multi window and some not?
Sketchy icon theme pops out there .....
chaki- said:
Guys i wanted to share something with you.
Maybe it's old news but i saw it today.
Why on stock not rooted some apps can be used in multi window and some not?
Sketchy icon theme pops out there .....
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Because they want to insure a good user experience and can not gaurentee they will scale properly or not slow down.
Vseprz said:
Because they want to insure a good user experience and can not gaurentee they will scale properly or not slow down.
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Wow thank you m8.
Answer like from LG employee
My idea was how come that some playstore apps appear in the dual window that are not LG apps...
hey guys i have a verzion pixel 2 xl bought it second hand, i can live with stock but rly need theming.
i understand that there is andromeda plugin that goes with substratum, but is it working ?
id like to know that before buying from playstore.
also i am on the latest version (pie).
i hope it works..
leondestiny said:
hey guys i have a verzion pixel 2 xl bought it second hand, i can live with stock but rly need theming.
i understand that there is andromeda plugin that goes with substratum, but is it working ?
id like to know that before buying from playstore.
also i am on the latest version (pie).
i hope it works..
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Unfortunately, no. You need to be rooted to use substratum to theme 9.0. Why it was changed from 8.1 by google is hard to say. Guess they just like blinding white UI's
Badger50 said:
Unfortunately, no. You need to be rooted to use substratum to theme 9.0. Why it was changed from 8.1 by google is hard to say. Guess they just like blinding white UI's
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cant the substratum/andromeda devs do something about it .. ?
seriously not even the dark theme within the settings makes the ui dark, it only themes the qs section.
scre* google..
leondestiny said:
cant the substratum/andromeda devs do something about it .. ?
seriously not even the dark theme within the settings makes the ui dark, it only themes the qs section.
scre* google..
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I understand your frustration my friend. Don't take my word for it. Here's what one of the best theme makers has to say on the matter.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...p-clients-release-notes-t3668682/post77704639
Can anyone confirm that Substratum themes work on this phone?
Substratum wont work on this phone until we have root. Android Pie only allows Substratum to work on rooted phones due to Google's deletion of the overlay management service.
Cool, thank you. It's working on other rooted devices running Pie right? So it's a pretty good shot it'll just work once we have root?
cantara256 said:
Cool, thank you. It's working on other rooted devices running Pie right? So it's a pretty good shot it'll just work once we have root?
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It's working with Pie on the rooted Pixel 2XL...
Archangel said:
Substratum wont work on this phone until we have root. Android Pie only allows Substratum to work on rooted phones due to Google's deletion of the overlay management service.
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did they say why they deleted the overlay management system? That was a great addition to the Oreo version.
Oh yeah any other device running Pie that is rooted Substratum should work fine depending on the theme. Once we get root we should be good to go.
cantara256 said:
Cool, thank you. It's working on other rooted devices running Pie right? So it's a pretty good shot it'll just work once we have root?
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They probably wont ever say but they dont like us tinkering around with their apps. There was a petition to keep OMS in Pie but they just ignored it and decided, as they usually do, to do what they want. Its the same thing with the Old style navbar,,,the code was there like OMS, just leave it in there for users to use it if they want. I have been with Android since it started and the "freedoms" we once enjoyed are being slowly eroded and choices taken away. Pretty soon we will be Apple and everything will be proprietary.
Annnnd yet another feature taken away from us! I mean really,,,I use this feature just about everyday and now its gone probably like this Pixel 3 will be when I send it back to Google!
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/10/19/pixel-3-drops-support-voice-match-unlocking/
freebee269 said:
did they say why they deleted the overlay management system? That was a great addition to the Oreo version.
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Archangel said:
Substratum wont work on this phone until we have root. Android Pie only allows Substratum to work on rooted phones due to Google's deletion of the overlay management service.
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I think they just blocked 3rd party overlays, not dropped OMS completely. IF there was no OMS, then Substratum wouldn't work properly, right? A ROM would need the necessary commits from Subs team (frameworks, etc), like we had to do with Nougat. Yet, you can run it on stock AOSPie, as long as you're rooted.
I may have it wrong, lol, I know I'm just ready to get my P3XL
Root is hopefully right around the corner and then Substratum can work,,,cant wait!
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I think they just blocked 3rd party overlays, not dropped OMS completely. IF there was no OMS, then Substratum wouldn't work properly, right? A ROM would need the necessary commits from Subs team (frameworks, etc), like we had to do with Nougat. Yet, you can run it on stock AOSPie, as long as you're rooted.
I may have it wrong, lol, I know I'm just ready to get my P3XL
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Root is hopefully right around the corner and then Substratum can work,,,cant wait!
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I saw a few posts that indicated that subs not working after rooting
Oh no I rooted as easy as any other phone and my themes applied fine. Some people may not be applying the themes right on Pie. I was even able to get rid of that God awful gesture navbar and get the old one back so I can flash my navbar theme.
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I saw a few posts that indicated that subs not working after rooting
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Archangel said:
Oh no I rooted as easy as any other phone and my themes applied fine. Some people may not be applying the themes right on Pie. I was even able to get rid of that God awful gesture navbar and get the old one back so I can flash my navbar theme.
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Good to know
Archangel said:
Oh no I rooted as easy as any other phone and my themes applied fine. Some people may not be applying the themes right on Pie. I was even able to get rid of that God awful gesture navbar and get the old one back so I can flash my navbar theme.
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Not sure why I didn't try it. I just assumed it wouldn't work. Not only does it work, everything is themed.
Thanks for saying something. That white ui was painful.
Swift Black on the 3 XL is a God send
Now in all the System and Google apps, you can't even tell there's a notch. Everything has a beautiful silky black look, and you just see the time in upper left and network info in upper right, and no idea there's even a notch in the middle as everything is black which totally hides the notch completely, but it's nice to see that info in the upper corners, makes the screen look like it goes all the way to the edge.
Archangel said:
Oh no I rooted as easy as any other phone and my themes applied fine. Some people may not be applying the themes right on Pie. I was even able to get rid of that God awful gesture navbar and get the old one back so I can flash my navbar theme.
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Can you please share the right way to apply themes on Pie?
gettingerr said:
Can you please share the right way to apply themes on Pie?
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Unless the procedure is different on the P3XL as compared to my P2XL on Pie, the procedure is as follows.
Install the latest substratum from the play store, and grant it root and storage permissions.
Download a quality theme, and there are several.
Open substratum and tick the theme you want to apply.
Select "build and update" to create the overlays you want. Once done, reboot the phone, then go to substratum again, open the manager, then check your overlays, and select enable.
That should do it :good:
I think someone already answered but most forget to go back into Substratum and click enable on all the overlays that you built previously then rebooted. Its not like Oreo where all you had to do was just build and enable. Now, you have to build and enable then reboot and go back into manager and enable the built overlays again.
gettingerr said:
Can you please share the right way to apply themes on Pie?
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I am themed on the Swift series, but I did not know about this rebooting and enabling again. I was wondering why it wasn't working at first I would reboot go back into it and then an able again just out of frustration that knowing that was the right way to do it but seems weird to have to do that extra stuff now
Archangel said:
Oh no I rooted as easy as any other phone and my themes applied fine. Some people may not be applying the themes right on Pie. I was even able to get rid of that God awful gesture navbar and get the old one back so I can flash my navbar theme.
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Can confirm themes work just have to reboot after applying them and re enable them after reboot.
If I may ask how did you change the navbar ? And put those icons ?
I made a Google doc and posted the link below for my themes to help people that may run into problems,,,if you scroll down the last page there is a guide to enable the old style navbar. The icons are part of my Substratum theme Amazed Navbars.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LqNd7pltj3G0rPopgW11PybpcCQCNufMblvl6lUb2Tk/edit?usp=sharing
iixAndroidx said:
Can confirm themes work just have to reboot after applying them and re enable them after reboot.
If I may ask how did you change the navbar ? And put those icons ?
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Archangel said:
Oh no I rooted as easy as any other phone and my themes applied fine. Some people may not be applying the themes right on Pie. I was even able to get rid of that God awful gesture navbar and get the old one back so I can flash my navbar theme.
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How did you get the Nav Bar back? I hate the way it is now and would prefer doing something similar to what you did - ? if you can share that would be awesome - thanks
Never mind - I found the guide for changing back to the old Navigaiton menu - https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/heres-how-to-revert-to-the-old-three-button-navigation-system-on-google-pixel-3-5418351.html Thanks