Do you use custom themes?

  • Yes, I know how and I use them

    Votes: 1,765 39.9%
  • No, I know how but I choose not to use them

    Votes: 301 6.8%
  • I dont know how to change themes

    Votes: 2,363 53.4%

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swaney

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Mar 5, 2008
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i would love to have a tooo theme.. lik have everything cartoinush including a cartoonish my faves icon
 

blakestimac

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Dec 2, 2008
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not sure if anyone would follow me on this one, but i'd love to see a Silent Hill theme. I'd made one for a my viewty a while back, but i bricked it! it would definitely be on the creepier side, but i think that the theme would be cool. alot of blood and rust, and alot of weird symbols that would really make it come together. and those friggin nurses!!
 
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Joeriginal

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Office type theme

I have an idea with office type icons, on post its with like a legal notebook as the wallpaper, or the backdrop of an office. Or Even based on the show the Office. I will leave it to those more creative than me to select the icons for this theme, Im just providing the idea, which I prefer for my phone, and for anyone else who would second it. Thanks in advance.
 

JokerGT

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Jan 23, 2009
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sorry guys.. but ive been looking through this forum and found many amazing themes, but I cant find anywhere how to install a theme that I downloaded? I have RC 30 and it is rooted :) please post link if you have it, thanks in advance!!!
 

dom2684

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May 25, 2008
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Brownsville
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3
just rename it to update and place it in ur memory card and now turn off ur phone

then turn it back on holding home+ power then press alt + s and wait for it to finish the update and re boot by holding home + back
 

persiansown

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Jan 12, 2007
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Hey all. For a while now I've had a rough idea for a theme (that I would like), but I still haven't received my ADP1 (I ordered it from Google/Brightstar two weeks ago) so I can't really try my ideas out "for real". Not sure it's possible to theme the Android emulator?

To be honest I'm not sure I could do it anyways, seems like a lot of work to get everything working, and I am amazed by the hard work the theme guys at this forum must put in to make everything work.

What I can do, and what I did, is to create the icons and wallpapers and that kind of stuff. So, using that material I thought I'd make a mockup of my "vision" to see what you guys think.. and to possibly pick up a few ideas and pointer from y'all.

Also, if anyone out there with theme skills would like to team up with me, so to speak, I would be more than happy to do part of the graphics (icons, wallpaper, some graphical elements) if you do the rest (i.e. signing the files and making the whole thing work in real life).

Ok, that was a lot of text that I'm sure most of you will never read.. so let's get on with it. Here's my idea for a theme. Thoughts?

androidtheme-mockup.png

This!!! Its so pretty!
 

JokerGT

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Jan 23, 2009
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just rename it to update and place it in ur memory card and now turn off ur phone

then turn it back on holding home+ power then press alt + s and wait for it to finish the update and re boot by holding home + back

wow thats it? lol i was over looking I guess, but if I replace my update.zip will it delete all my apps/settings? or will the skin just be different?
thanks so much btw!!!
 

dom2684

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May 25, 2008
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3
if u do have jfrc30 then it will not wipe any info just change the skin

its the same as when u flashed to jfrc30

just rename to update and turn it back on holding home+ power then press alt + s and wait for it to finish the update and re boot by holding home + back
 

d00m

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Jan 19, 2009
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Probably not the best idea since it is a phone after all. Don't want people exposed to it in the streets.
 

MaliceMcGuire

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Jan 4, 2009
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ok heres my request I posted in the wrong spot the first time lol but here it goes.....

Iwould like to request of you folks that have the skills and talent to build skins and themes, to create a minimalist theme. something with out to many bells and whistles, clean and subtle .. I have found my battery runs down faster , much faster when I have a theme active that is more complex. although I really do like them ....

Im attaching a screen shot of my windows scheme as reference of whats in my head kinda...
 

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    Hello, I am a little new here. I am kind of a newb with a lot of things. I did root my device and replaced the boot images.. but i do not know how to make themes. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help by making a theme for me?

    I added some images as to what i am looking to have done, that is of course anyone is willing to help. it is fairly simple i am looking to get the color scheme and kids icons if possible... maybe have a little fun with the clock or not if its too much work.

    If anyone could help me out I would appreciate it... i am a graphic designer more than a programmer.. a lot of this is confusing to me.

    I really like this site and hopefully i can be of some help at some point. This is my first post but i plan on posting a lot more.
    16
    I would like to change the text color of the popup panel or menu to white.

    paneltext.jpg


    I have a nexus one, using CM6, and decompiled my framework-res.apk. I found in the Value folder that the styles.xml has the following that is relevant to changing the panel text color. The code:

    <item name="panelBackground">@drawable/menu_background</item>
    <item name="panelFullBackground">@drawable/menu_background_fill_parent_width</item>
    <item name="panelColorForeground">?textColorPrimaryInverse</item>
    <item name="panelColorBackground">#ffffffff</item>
    <item name="panelTextAppearance">?textAppearanceInverse</item>

    I did several things but the text is still black.

    1)I removed "Inverse",
    2)changed the "panelColorBackground" to #ff000000 and, left "panelColorForeground" "panelTextAppearance" alone.
    3)removed "Inverse"

    Nothing helps. Do you have any idea?

    After I changed the styles.xml, I recompiled, copied original AndroidManifest.xml and META-INF folder to the modded framework-res.apk, then pushed. Is any of the following incorrect?

    please help

    In the styles.xml change:

    <style name="TextAppearance.Widget.IconMenu.Item" parent="@style/TextAppearance.Small">
    <item name="textColor">?textColorPrimaryInverse</item>

    to

    <style name="TextAppearance.Widget.IconMenu.Item" parent="@style/TextAppearance.Small">
    <item name="textColor">@color/bright_foreground_dark</item>
    6
    Nice concept...but I`m not sure if you have looked at this topic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=467639 It describe how to make a theme and stuff, good starting point anyways. Hope it helps!
    6
    @brandenk

    why do we need to zip the files in linux? By the way thanks for the theming for dummies guide. ;)

    I don't know why, something about how linux packages zip files opposed to windows, and yes once I figure it out and find all the problems people can have I am going to make up a nice walkthrough on making themes. But I wouldn't be surprised if there were already some theme manager apps in the works to make this whole process easier.
    6
    Im teaching myself how to make themes as well. I have found it best to read through that walkthrough a million times and then PM a couple of the dev guys to answer specific questions.

    Basically this is the process:

    - Take a theme that you like for RC30 or ADP1 or whatever you wanna make it in

    - Extract 2 folders inside, app, and framework into a new folder on your computer

    - Rename add a .zip to the end of the apk files and extract them all so you have a bunch of folders with your app names

    - Go into res and find any folder that says drawable and inside of there are the files to edit for your theme. Make sure not to edit the .9.png files.

    - Once all your editing is done get into linux and turn all the folders back into zip files, then turn them back into apk files.

    - Then take your app folder and framework folder that contain the new files and in linux create it into one zip file.

    - Then you send the file back to windows, get the SignAPK files, put your zip in the folder with the SignAPK files and run some commands in the CMD to resign the file.

    - Then rename that file update.zip and put it on the SDcard and give it a whirl.



    This is how I understand the process after talking to a couple people for the last few days. I am hoping to release my own theme soon and if it works you will know that these steps are right. LOL And dont follow those directions, they are just to give you an idea of the steps involved.