[WIP] BlueSteel Theme 2.2 v0.4

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phimuskapsi

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Jul 23, 2009
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Version 0.5
Made because of bootloops. Must have been something odd that had happened during encoding, the apk went from 3.5MB to 2.2 or so. Ended up re-doing a lot of it anyway to narrow down exactly where I had gone wrong.

So. That being said, I believe I have fixed the problem finally. And it gave me a chance to go through and change a bunch of stuff to be better I think. Without further ado, let's get to it!

Here are the files:
Services.Jar - Transparency Fix, White Text
BlueSteel-v05.apk
BlurPhone.apk

Changelog:
v0.1 - Changed Status Bar color, clock colors
v0.2 - Changed a lot of icons and XML's
v0.25 - BROKE!
v0.3 - Fixed bootloop problems, Made blue colors "Better" made high contrast icons, including re-doing some entirely.
v0.4 - Almost fully skinned the status bar now. More refinements, started changing menu selection press / hold etc, will do keyboard and buttons next build!
v0.5 - Skinned phone dialpad and a bunch of text changes, and minor changes to other images
v0.6 - Fixed the rest of the textboxes so that all textboxes now are readable no matter orientation or location.

Plans:
- Finishing the status icons and buttons/menus etc.
- Adding status icons
- Maybe custom app icons? (select apps)
- Browser (maybe)
- Pandora, Audio Manage, Switch Panel (stuff I use)

Instructions - DO NOT USE ROOT EXPLORER!!!

- NEW STEP: Download and save file to computer. Rename to framework-res.apk!
- Copy the files to the root of your SDCard
- Download your current framework-res.apk to your sdcard as a backup
: adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk C:\backup\framework-res.apk
: adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk /sdcard/fwbu.apk
: adb pull /system/app/BlurPhone.apk /sdcard/bp.apk


- Type the following
Code:
: adb shell
: su
: mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
: cp /sdcard/services.jar /system/framework/services.jar
: reboot

- After the reboot
Code:
: adb shell
: su
: mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
: cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
: reboot

- After the next reboot
Code:
: adb shell
: su
: mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
: cp /sdcard/BlurPhone.apk /system/app/BlurPhone.apk
: reboot

You probably don't need to reboot twice, but it's the safest way to do this I've found. Any problems, let me know!

morenotes.png

note3.png


lock.png
highlightednotification.png


menu-1.png
buttonsselected.png


First Dialpad / Text Mods:
dialpad.png
text-1.png


* And again, apologies for the issues! *

 
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QQeyes

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Aug 12, 2010
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OooooOOO prreeetttyyyy....

Can't wait to get my hands on it =)

Are you dev'ing this with the leaked froyo, btw?
 

phimuskapsi

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Jul 23, 2009
173
22
Stamford
Alarm clock I haven't gotten to yet.

I haven't posted it quite yet as there are a few things I want to fix before releasing a beta. Like transparency for USB/VM icons and changing the text on the notification "curtain". Maybe tonight though ;)
 

phimuskapsi

Senior Member
Jul 23, 2009
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RobStemen

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Jan 10, 2010
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Zoolander

I expect to see a theme called "Magnum" after this. But you can't change anything.

P.S. Sorry for the spam, but I had to.
 

will2live

Senior Member
Feb 25, 2009
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Looks great man, Nice job.

BTW if you are interested I have a framework-res.apk that moves the lock screen slider one row lower on the screen. IMO it works much better and is much more user friends being all the way at the bottom of the screen instead of the normal location. If interested drop me a PM with your email and I'll shot it over to ya.
 

phimuskapsi

Senior Member
Jul 23, 2009
173
22
Stamford
Love the theme great job one of the best yet, but changing the red highlights to blue would top it off nicely.;)

Wow. Thanks man! :-D

It's on my list. Currently have three separate projects going haha.

BlueSteel, lots of work to go!
Vanilla 2.2 - Mostly Done, it was fairly easy
Android Themer Toolkit - C# Program to automate a LOT of what I do, especially for testing.